• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    The same founding fathers that apparently thought it was a document that would probably be replaced after a few decades? (Or is this something everyone says that has no basis in reality? )

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      46 minutes ago

      Maybe? I don’t recall them suggesting that it should be replaced every few decades.

      Worth pointing out that there is a process in the constitution for changing the constitution, but there is no process for replacing the entire document. So I’d say there is pretty obvious intent for the document to change/evolve over time.

      Hypothetically, we could amend the constitution to have a process for replacing the whole document though.