When Skidmore College political science professor Beau Breslin invited first-year student Prairie Gunnels to explore what a U.S. Constitution written by Generation Z might look like—with help from ChatGPT—it sparked a groundbreaking experiment in civic imagination.

What if the U.S. Constitution were rewritten every generation?In a thought experiment that began in 2010, Beau Breslin explores Thomas Jefferson’s vision of generational renewal—culminating in a bold call for a constitutional convention.

He envisioned more poetry and campus walks when he attained emeritus status, but instead answered a spritiual call to compassion and justice and founded the Saratoga Immigration Coalition.