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Daniel Lazare

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Daniel Lazare is a journalist and the author of The Frozen Republic (1996), The Velvet Coup (2001) and America’s Undeclared War (2001).

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essayHuman rights and justice

People or parchment?

A fixed constitution has no place in a modern democracy, so why is the founding document of the US still seen as sacred?

Daniel Lazare