June 17, 2008 11:50AM 

# Al Gore and the Constitution 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Endorsing Barack Obama, [Al Gore proclaims](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061700697.html):

> After eight years in which our constitution has been dishonored and disrespected, we need change.

[He has a point](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6330). But he should have said [sixteen](https://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-271.html) [years](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&pid=144181&method=search&t=&a=Pilon&k=&aeid=34&adv=&pg=).

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[General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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