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What ways did the constitution strengthen the constitutional government?
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strengthened by listing all their natural rights and making an equal government.
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In what ways does the US Constitution strengthen the central government?
The constitution strengthened the central government in several ways. For one, the supreme law of the land allocated which powers were specific to the government and the states. This, however, led to an ongoing conflict between the federal government and the states. While the states do have certain powers, they will always be superseded by federal law and interests.
In what two general ways does Congress reshape the Constitution?
The Constitution may undergo changes with a Constitutional Amendment or Constitutional Convention. The Supreme Court may not actually make changes to the Constitution, but may interpret the lines of the Constitution differently as time passes.
What are three ways changes to the state Constitution can be proposed?
Constitutional convention, By the legislative and voter initiative.
Will changing the interpretation of the constitution make the constitution weak?
The Constitution can be changed. It is a difficult process and quite rightly so but the people can do away with the current constitution and start all over. Because it is difficult to redo a constitutional government, there are those, believing the constraints placed upon government and the freedoms acknowledged by the constitution make it impossible for government to govern. These are the people who reinterpret the Constitution in ways that allow government to expand the scope of their jurisdiction and legally disregard the natural rights of the people. It is one thing to take a liberal view of the Constitution and another thing entirely to claim the Constitution says what it does not say.
Why can amendments to the Constitution negate Supreme Court decisions?
The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land, which all government officials swear to uphold. Supreme Court decisions are subordinate to constitutional amendments, and represent one of the few ways a Supreme Court decision can be changed.
Amendments can be proposed by?
An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed in two ways; either through Congress or through a Constitutional Convention.
In what two ways does congress make informal changes to the constitution?
Congress can not make informal changes to the constitution. The only ways that the constitution can be changed is if 2/3 of the states ratify the change, or a constitutional convention takes place.
In what ways was the Constitutional Congress lacking in authority?
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention were not authorized to write a new Constitution. They were only supposed to propose amendments to the Articles of Confederation. In that sense they had no authority at all to write a whole new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.
Can the president amend the US Constitution.?
No. The president has no direct part in amending the Constitution. He can lobby for Constitutional changes and if given the opportunity, can nominate Supreme Court justices who may interpret the Constitution in ways that amount that amount to changes.
What ways does the Constitution expand and diminish the scope of government?
read the book. pg 63
What is the term for changes to the constitution?
Constitutional amendments. (different countries will have different ways of doing this, some by popular referendum others by a vote of the legislature).
In what ways does the constitution limit the powers of the federal government?
The Constitution limits the powers of government by creating the three branches, executive, judicial and legislature, all of which check the power of each other.
