Van't hoff equation

A common solution of the Van't Hoff equation taught in introductory chemical courses is solved with the assumption that heat of reaction is constant with temperature. Why is this so? Does this assumption hold up against empirical evidence at all? What is useful about this solution other than its intuitive appeal in demonstrating a simplified version of the  relationship between temperature and the equilibrium constant?

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