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Which method of proposing amendments to the constitution has been used most often in the past?
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The path that is used most often is the fourth path. Proposal by Congress, ratification by state legislature
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How often can the constitution be modified?
As often as Constitutional Amendments are proposed.
What are the bills of rights often referred to?
the first 10 amendments to the constitution
How are amendments to a state constitution approved?
It depends on the state, but often they are ratified through legislature or propositions.
What do most amendments to the constitution proposed by congress do?
The amendments change the constitution, either adding new rules or changing old ones. In the US Constitution, the first 10 amendments (the Bill of Rights) essentially prevented the new federal government from usurping the basic rights that the country was founded to provide.
How many amendments does the Michigan constitution have?
it has 17 amendments including 2 8-A so don't call it 19
How many states are needed to call a convention?
Forty-nine states have applied for an Article V Convention (what is often called a "Constitutional Convention"), submitting more 700 applications. Article V does not permit the calling of a "constitutional convention" only a "convention for proposing amendments."
What is needed to ratify an amendment?
Amendments to the US Constitution are ratified by the states, and by the states alone. The federal government itself does not have a say at all. Amendments don't come along that often, and a lot of people don't realize this. What fewer people realize is that amendments can originate in the states as well; they do not have to be originally offered by the federal government. This method is in the Constitution but has not ever been implemented. If the states initiate an amendment, the federal government only tells the states what method will be used to ratify-- either by state legislatures, or by state conventions gathered for this purpose.
Which method of amendment ratification has been used most often?
Ratification by state legislatures has been used for all amendments except the 21st. The 21st anemdment was ratified by the state conventions.
How do amendments preserve individual rights?
Outside the Bill of Rights, and just generally speaking, Constitutional amendments don't preserve individual rights. Two amendments specifically limit individual rights, one for the better (abolishing slavery) and the other out of a sense of moral superiority (Prohibition). The first 10 amendments, which not all preserve individual rights, are called the Bill of Rights because they outline "freedoms" that were not in written into the Constitution. By allowing for an amendment system, the founders allowed the Constitution to change as needed. In many ways, amendments are just a further specification of something already in the Constitution or redefining something ambiguous. An amendment exists, for instance, to limit the term a President can serve (to two); amendments exist that extend the right to vote to the former slaves and to women. Proposals to amend the Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman would not preserve individual rights but rather take them away (like Prohibition for alcoholic beverages, and very much like the feeling of moral superiority the same authors of Prohibition had). ----------------- Amendments often clarify specifically something that may or may not have been evident in the document before the amendment. The slavery amendments and the women sufferage clarify and remove any doubt that the document means that all people can vote . The Constitution said "We the people", there has been some debate over the years as to who "the people are". So an amendment can "preserve individual rights". Amendments are often enacted to clarify and remove any doubt about a question. For example, do disabled folks have the same rights as healthy people.
How has the unites states constitution been able to change over the years?
There is an amendment process for changing the Constitution. So far there have been 27 amendments. The Supreme Court can in effect change the Constitution by its decisions. Indeed the changes made by the Supreme Court are often more radical and far-reaching than those made by amendment .
Can we change the constitution?
Yes. The US Constitution has been changed 27 times through amendments. That is the purpose of the amendments. And of course its meaning can be changed by the courts who have decided it is a "living document". It is changed by having 2/3 of the house and senate agree to the change, and then 3/4 of the states through a 2/3 majority have to rattify it. Yes, it may be amended. Amendments may be proposed by Congress by a two thirds majority in both houses. Proposed amendments become part of the Constitution when they are ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the States (38 of the 50 States).It can be amended and has been several times. An amendment effectively changes the constitution. yes this change is called an amendment. Yes, the Constitution can be changed by amendment. Amendments are either proposed by Congress and then passed by the legislatures of 3/4s of the states, or they can be proposed and passed by 3/4s of the state legislatures directly. The third way the constitution can be "changed" is through interpretation by the Supreme Court. Some would argue that this does not constitute a change, only an interpretation of original intent, while others would argue that some of the interpretations of the Supreme Court in the past are far removed from the original intent of the framers. Yes, The constitution can be changed. This change is called an amendmentYesyesYou can't change what is already written, but you can add amendments or change how it is interpreted.To add to the above, the US Constitution has been successfully amended 27 times since its inception, with a few additional amendments currently pending congressional approval. The first 10 amendments, enacted in 1791, are usually known as The Bill of Rights.By comparison, the Canadian Constitution is a bit stodgy, with only 10 amendments made, all since 1982!, and lots of argument and debate among the provinces, leading to nothing.In any case, yes, constitutions can be changed, especially through amendments, though the process is often slow. A proposed amendment often takes two years or more to enact, and usually requires approval of more than one level of government.
Can the constitution be change?
Yes, the Constitution can be changed by the amendment process. In any case, yes, constitutions can be changed, especially through amendments, though the process is often slow. It is a slow process which is the way the Framers intended.Only by adding a new amendment to the Constitution. Nothing can ever be taken out. The only time an amendment has changed an older amendment is in the case of Prohibition.
