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Re:EFF Wins National Security Letter Transparency Lawsuit by mjevans on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:54PM (#19924164)
The sunset clause for the constitution and amendments should probably be on the order of decades; those aren't individual actions but wide ranging codes, with a VERY HIGH BARRIER of entry (and they should have just as high a bar to clear for maintenance). They should still be reviewed, curated and maintained over time to keep them matched to contemporary language. The changes in language would also allow for re-review of case law and other methods of defining what laws mean. That would also be a strong reason for maintaining the language as is if it currently works.

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Also, like DHCP leases, for such important items you'd want multiple review chances. E.G. If it's a 100 year expiration, review at 30 left, 15 left, 10 and 5+ left possible to review at any time.

Re:EFF Wins National Security Letter Transparency Lawsuit by londons_explore on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:14AM (#19928686)
> you'd want multiple review chances.

Since political whims can very on a frequent basis, such reviews should require consensus over time to have an effect. Ie. 3 successive presidents must decide the constitution is a bad idea before it can be abolished, etc.

Re:EFF Wins National Security Letter Transparency Lawsuit by mjevans on Thursday May 16, 2019 @04:32PM (#19932868)
Modification, including deletion, would require nominal level of legislative action. The reviews would obviously require a little less, but still enough for a clear majority.

Failure to renew before the actual sunset is what would trigger the automatic deletion/deactivation.