Lincoln and the Broken Constitution
The Lawfare Podcast
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What Is the Role of Compromise in the Constitution?
Theid: Compromise has a, you know, unfortunate role. Good compromise is where there's some fundamental moral wrong that i know in my conscience i shouldn't agree to, but i agree to it because there's just no other way for me to get the thing that i want. Theid: You can't co operate in any large project, much less in creating a nation together, unless you're willing to make those kinds of compromises. Now, do i look into your heart and tell you which kind of compromise is something I'm not prepared to accept? And when people say this is what we should be doing with our constitutional rights, i think that response is a
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