[sure_fine]

In Bolin’s dissent, he said the majority was misinterpreting the constitution amendment.

“The immigrants who came to Alabama by way of Ellis Island in the early 20th century did not have the benefit of a tortured construction of Amendment No. 509 and evidently ‘assimilated’ the wrong way — they actually learned the English language,” Bolin wrote.

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WTF?

[fieldmarshaldj]

The Alabama Constitution is an unholy mess, it has a ghastly number of amendments to it. There have been several moves to try to call for a new Constitutional Convention to streamline it, but it has yet to be successful.

[Bob]

In Bolin’s dissent, he said the majority was misinterpreting the constitution amendment.

“The immigrants who came to Alabama by way of Ellis Island in the early 20th century did not have the benefit of a tortured construction of Amendment No. 509 and evidently ‘assimilated’ the wrong way — they actually learned the English language,” Bolin wrote.

WTF?

I think that's his sarcastic way of saying that truly getting assimilated requires a person to learn the language of his new country. His objection isn't with the official English amendment but rather with its being tortured to allow the test to be given in languages other than English.