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The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

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Carl Levin
Age: 87 †
Born: 1934
Born: June 28
Died: 2021
Died: July 29
Lawyer
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United States Senator
Detroit
Michigan
Carl Milton Levin
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