What is the purpose of amending the constitution?

Answer 1

It is important to know why items have been added or removed from the basic Bill of Rights. The Amendments in the Constitution are to clarify the specifics of the Bill of Rights.

Answer 2

Constitutional amendments allow the congress or people of the united states to override the ruling of the supreme court that the enactment of a law would be unconstitutional. For instance after the supreme court ruled that income tax was unconstitutional it took an amendment to the constitution to be able to enact the tax.

They can also be used to change aspects of the constitution, changing the scope, range and assignment of governmental authority or repealing former amendments.

Answer 3

It is to make the Law better our founders did not think that everything they did was perfect and that law must change

Answer 4

Offer a means for American citizens to change the government if necessary.