Preserving the Constitution.

Editorial. Comments on the United States National Archives' plan to rebuild the display cases holding the original parchment copies of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. The appropriateness of the timing in relation to the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton; How the old 1952 showcases fail to protect the documents from chemical reactants which will weaken the parchment; Symbolism of preserving the documents.