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Is the U.S. Constitution too hard to change?

Is the U.S. Constitution too hard to change?

Apple News In Conversation
Sep 18, 2025 30 min
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<p>The Constitution has been amended 27 times, but the last meaningful change was over half a century ago. In her new book, <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/we-the-people/id6741485295" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution</em></a>, historian Jill Lepore argues that the near impossibility of amendment in recent decades underlies many of today&rsquo;s political crises, from polarization to battles over the courts. Lepore spoke with <em>Apple News In Conversation </em>host Shumita Basu about the history of constitutional revision and why the amendment process matters for the future of American democracy.</p>

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