When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.
The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.
A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.
There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must count dimpled ballots, constitutional or otherwise.
