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Court Disorder

There are, it seems, two methods for amending the U.S. Constitution. There are the procedures in the Constitution itself, known in political debate as “tampering with the Bill of Rights.” And there is a method of more recent invention: constitutional amendment by a 5 to 4 majority in the Supreme Court. This method is a classic constitutional bastard, a child with no name but many parents, triumphing over every obstacle with the aid of those who deny any knowledge of its existence.

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Court Disorder

There are, it seems, two methods for amending the U.S. Constitution. There are the procedures in the Constitution itself, known in political debate as “tampering with the Bill of Rights.” And there is a method of more recent invention: constitutional amendment by a 5 to 4 majority in the Supreme Court. This method is a classic constitutional bastard, a child with no name but many parents, triumphing over every obstacle with the aid of those who deny any knowledge of its existence.