a Constitution is intended to endure for ages to come and consequently to be adapted for the various crises of human affairs.
Summer Lee: “a Constitution is intended to endure for ages to come and consequently to be adapted for the various crises of human…”
On the recordMarch 9, 2011
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Jackson Lee quotes John Marshall on the enduring nature of the Constitution.
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