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On the recordApril 28, 2009
What changes is society, not the Constitution, and there are certainly, as we all know, problems that come up in our society that the Framers had no idea of.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Society evolves, but the Constitution remains unchanged, addressing contemporary issues.

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