“A Ghastly Waste Of Time?” Considering the Constitution

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As the Constitution is read aloud on the House floor today, Seth Lipsky considers the document’s binding and enduring power.

Published Jan. 15 2013 4:45AM EST

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Members of the 113th Congress are set to start reading the 8,000 or so words of the American Constitution into the record today. It is the second time the full document will be read aloud on the House floor, a tradition begun in 2011 when the House was won by...

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“A Ghastly Waste Of Time?” Considering the Constitution

As the Constitution is read aloud on the House floor today, Seth Lipsky considers the document’s binding and enduring power.

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Seth Lipsky