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What does it mean?
Constitutional amendments should only happen after other options fail.
In plain terms
Change the Constitution only when absolutely necessary.
What can you take from it?
Reserve amendments for critical issues only.

Where it applies

  • legal debates
  • policy crises

Putting it to work

  • exhaust other options
  • build consensus

Questions to consider

  • When is change needed?
  • How do we protect laws?

Another view

Sometimes laws are flawed enough to warrant immediate change.

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