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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
If it can be changed without using the amendment process specified in it, how can it be said to "work"? It was written to limit the power and reach of the federal government. the Founders had some person, first-hand experience with oppressive, non-responsive government. It is inconceiveable to me that they would sanction the "living Constitution".
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The power and reach of the Federal Government was increased more by the amendment process than anything else.