Why is there only 27 amendments in the Constitution?

Answer 1

Amending the Constitution is no easy task. It requires a 2/3 majority vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by 3/4 of the States. As a matter of fact the 27th amendment was part of the original 12, only ten of those twelve passed in what we now know as the Bill of Rights. It took over 200 years for ratification of the 27th amendment to be complete.

Answer 2

Bill of Rights Edit- No, the first 10 are the bill of rights. I can't name the rest right off the bat, though. Look it up in a full reprint of the Constituution. Wer are learning this in American History right now.

Answer 3

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.articlev.html

Answer 4

Framers deliberately made the amendment process difficult.

Answer 5

Because the governmant wanted to avoid tyranny as much as possible. they wanted to make the right decisions and make sure it was fair and reasonable

Answer 6

The ratification process is to high.