TIL: Thomas Jefferson argued that because no generation has a right to bind subsequent generations, the Constitution should expire every 19 years.

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/letter-to-james-madison-17/



Submitted April 08, 2015 at 03:10PM by OvidPerl http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31uu5s/til_thomas_jefferson_argued_that_because_no/