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		namlem on Sept 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove Eclipsing N.S.A.’... The US government is flawed on a deep constitutional level. The incentive structures and oversight mechanisms are broken. The constitution is pretty much a joke at this point. The founders knew it would become outdated quickly and recommended rewriting it every 25 years or so.

Wingman4l7 on Sept 2, 2013 [–]

> The founders knew it would become outdated quickly and recommended rewriting it every 25 years or so.

Interesting! Where was this mentioned -- in their personal correspondence, or a more public document?

rory096 on Sept 2, 2013 | | [–]

Here's the well-known rationale from Thomas Jefferson: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch2s23.h...

omd on Sept 2, 2013 | | [–]

It's a concept rather than a specific quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Constitution

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