and its creators. The Framers themselves took a modest view. Washington wrote: "Experience is the surest standard which to test" a nation's constitution.
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This spring, the nation will begin its major celebrations of the Constitution's bicentennial. A Smithsonian Institution symposium on "Constitutional Roots, Rights, and Responsibilities" in May is but one of many scholarly events that will accompany the fire-works, parades, and speeches across the land....