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The Process and Significance of Constitutional Amendment

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The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, were added just three years after ratification, but the last amendment was ratified in 1992—over 200 years after it was first proposed. This shows how difficult yet possible change can be.

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You know the US Constitution is hard to change—but did you know that only 27 amendments exist in over 230 years? How does a society's foundational law stay relevant without crumbling under every political whim?