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Amendment 1 Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly

Amendment 2 Right to bear arms

Amendment 3 Quartering of soldiers

Amendment 4 Search and arrest

Amendment 5 Rights in criminal cases

Amendment 6 Right to a fair trial

Amendment 7 Rights in civil cases

Amendment 8 Bail, fines, punishment

Amendment 9 Rights retained by the People

Amendment 10 States' rights

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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.


How do you make amendments to the US Constitution?

You have to send a letter to the president and ask him and/or tell him what amendment to put in (amendment mean changes to the constitution)


Did Ulysses S. Grant make any changes to the Constitution?

That is not within the President's power.


Why is it necessary to make changes in the constitution by methods in addition to formal amendment?

It isn't. Amendments are the only 'legal' way to make changes to the Constitution. Changes by other methods, including aberrant and tortured reasoning or interpretations by any governmental branch are usurpations (stealing) by the federal government of powers belonging to the states and the people.


What is the importance of the amendments?

The Constitution of the United States was made a long time ago, and since the time it was written, there have been many changes to our society. Although the necessary and proper clause gives the government has applied powers and the right to take actions that are necessary "stretching" the words of the Constitution, there are some necessities that list today which aren't even referred to in the Constitution. Thus, amendments make the government able, with the proper process, to make necessary changes to the Constitution. The Constitution of the United States was made a long time ago, and since the time it was written, there have been many changes to our society. Although the necessary and proper clause gives the government has applied powers and the right to take actions that are necessary "stretching" the words of the Constitution, there are some necessities that list today which aren't even referred to in the Constitution. Thus, amendments make the government able, with the proper process, to make necessary changes to the Constitution.