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Patrick Leahy: “I would much prefer a statute because, as the distinguished Senator from Illinois and the distinguished Senator from…”

On the recordApril 26, 2000
I would much prefer a statute because, as the distinguished Senator from Illinois and the distinguished Senator from West Virginia know, a statute could be easily changed. It could easily be repealed, if we are wrong. In fact, if the Senator from Illinois will bear with me, I want to follow up on what he was saying. As an old printer's son, I made sure we had the same typeface on both sides of this chart. On the left side is the Bill of Rights; on the right side is the proposed constitutional amendment. Here is the Bill of Rights, all 10, and here is the constitutional amendment. They are just about the same length.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Discussing the preference for a statute over a constitutional amendment.

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