A More Perfect Constitution
Why The Constitution Must Be Revised:
Ideas To Inspire A New Generation

"No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs always to the living generation…Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force and not of right.” —Thomas Jefferson (in a letter to James Madison from Paris, September 6, 1789)

The Center for Politics is an interdisciplinary, nonpartisan unit of the University of Virginia dedicated to the proposition that government works better when politics works better and its corollary that politics works better when citizens are informed and active participants.

This documentary was produced in partnership with The Community Idea Stations (WCVE) Richmond PBS and (WHTJ) Charlottesville PBS. It will air on public television stations nationwide beginning October 2008.

Questioning The Constitution

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A More Perfect Constitution
Why The Constitution Must Be Revised:
Ideas To Inspire A New Generation

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A More Perfect Constitution Why The Constitution Must Be Revised: Ideas To Inspire A New Generation

A More Perfect Constitution
Why The Constitution Must Be Revised:
Ideas To Inspire A New Generation