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because it did not reflect the ideals of the country
When people seek to change the constitution, they refer to it as amending the constitution
No. The people have no direct way to change the US constitution.
The states/people retain the right to change the Constitution.
It was because James Madison wanted to make a bill of rights and the legislaters put it in the Constitution to reflect the rights of the people.
They knew that people were going to change, and that the Constitution had to change with them. In order to be a working document, it had to be changed to reflect what was going on -- they knew, for instance, that slavery was someday going to be abolished, but they knew it was going to be for several generations. However, they wanted the amendment process to be difficult, so that the Constitution wasn't changed by people's fleeting whims. In other words, they made the process difficult so that 'popular passions' wouldn't alter the Constitution.
NOT possible, Congress can not "change," the Constitution! Only the "People." can vote to AMEND the Constitution.
A "referendum" is held in Ireland when a proposed change to the constitution is being put to the Irish people.
It lacked a Bill of Rights. The constitution was for the people. As needs change the people needed rights to amend the Constitution.
You change The Constitution to make it better. You change The Constitution to make it better. The constitution is a set of guidelines or a framework for the government to work within. it limits the scope of government decisions. So if the people feel the constitution is either allowing the government to much power or not allowing enough power, people can change it to redress the imbalance, which either way it may swing.
Nations consist of people; people change. Foreign policie's have to reflect that change too.
It can always change because people think we need to have new laws. The constitution should never change!