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What is a semiquincentennial? A 250th anniversary, and America's arrived on a Constitution the founders never expected anyone to still be using.
Jefferson thought the Constitution should expire every 19 years. Madison built a machine instead. At America's 250th, we debate whether we've stopped doing the maintenance.