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A proposed amendment violates the Constitution should the Supreme Court be able to block its ratification?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Of course not! The whole purpose of an amendment is to change the Constitution! If we don't like what it says, or how the Supreme Court is interpretting it, we, the people, have the right to change the document.
Wiki User
∙ 16y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoNo. The Supreme Court would be violating their constitutional separation of powers if they tried to block a new amendment to the Constitution. Even if this were possible, allowing the Court that much control over how the document is amended would afford them far too much control of government.
Article V dictates a proposed amendment must receive a two-thirds vote of both the Senate and House of Representatives and ratification of seventy-five percent of the States. This process is designed to minimize the possibility of "unconstitutional" amendments becoming part of the Constitution.
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