2016 . . . Time to Amend the Constitution?

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By Walter Olson and Michael Farris | Read Time 1 min
In 1787, our Founding Fathers gave us an incredible document.  But now, 228 years later, more and more Americans feel our country needs a new guiding light. Are they correct? Walter Olsen and Michael Farris debate whether the time has come to use the Article V process to amend the U.S. Constitution.
 

About the Author

Walter Olson is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies, and previously served as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He has been a columnist for Great Britain’s Times Online as well as Reason, and his writing appears regularly in...

About the Author

Michael Farris, founding president of Patrick Henry College, serves as Chancellor of the College and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense Association, of which he is also founding president. As a constitutional appellate litigator, Dr. Farris has served as lead counsel in the United States...

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