can the constitution be changed?

Answer 1

no only amendments can be added to it

Answer 2

It was intended to be a difficult and arduous process, requiring two-thrids of the States voting affirmatively for the adoption of the amendment.
Unfortunately, the Constitution did not include a method for certifying this accounting of States. The Courts basically declared that the Sec. of State would certify the count of States that ratified he amendment.
In this subtle coup de etat, the power of the people of individual States was wiped out by putting on a single man, and his boss, by extension, the power to change the Constitution basically at will.
As an example of an amendment fraudulently ratified, you have the 16th amendment, for even though many States sent in their ratification documents, many had altered the wording in their approval, voiding the document. The required two-thirds was not achieved by valid certified State documents.
Never-the-less, the cunning but dishonorable Philander C Knox, a descendant of Rockefeller, who had been astutely appointed as Secretary of State, promptly certified the count and perpetrated a sinister hoax on the American people.
This was not the only illegally adopted amendment. Other amendments (i.e the 13th) were adopted while half of the States were occupied and under the rule of war, nullifying their validity.
Thus we live under the false pretense of having a Nation of Laws, so that the rulers can rule, and the oppressed goes about our daily lives, turning over a third of our labor as serfs, as slaves, to those who bow to "mammon" instead of God. All while praising the "greatest nation on earth" and its wonderful Constitution.

Answer 3

Yes, but it takes 2/3 vote to even get it out to be ratified!

There are essentially two ways spelled out in the Constitution for how it can be amended. One has never been used.

The first method is for a bill to pass both halves of the legislature, by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it goes on to the states. This is the route taken by all current amendments. Because of some long outstanding amendments, such as the 27th, Congress will normally put a time limit (typically seven years) for the bill to be approved as an amendment (for example, see the 21st and 22nd).

The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. This route has never been taken, and there is discussion in political science circles about just how such a convention would be convened, and what kind of changes it would bring about.

Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be approved by three-fourths of states. The amendment as passed may specify whether the bill must be passed by the state legislatures or by a state convention. See the Ratification Convention Page for a discussion of the make up of a convention. Amendments are sent to the legislatures of the states by default. Only one amendment, the 21st, specified a convention. In any case, passage by the legislature or convention is by simple majority.

It is interesting to note that at no point does the President have a role in the formal amendment process (though he would be free to make his opinion known). He cannot veto an amendment proposal, nor a ratification. This point is clear in Article 5, and was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v Virginia (3 USC 378 [1798]):


What is this?

"too many libs and gays abusing it... time for a revamp"

I think it was Bush who said it was "just a piece of paper" and violates it at whim, signing 802 signing slips so he doesn't have to go by the law! He violates peoples Constitutional right all the time by violating treaties (namely the NPT and Geneva Conventions), as impacted by the Constitution, and he even ignores the "Patriot Act" by going far beyond it in violating peoples rights to privacy!

If I am correct, The Republicans control the House, Senate, White House and the US Supreme Court with 7 of 9 justices Republican! How is it that Democrats violate the constitution when they have no power?

Answer 4

Yes, the Constitution has been amended many times. It is not easy but it has been done.

Answer 5

Yes, the changes are called Amendments.

Answer 6

Yes, by 2/3 vote of House of Representatives and Senate.
From the time it was created ,it never stays the same. It is constantly being added to and growing.

Answer 7

Amendments can be added or repealed(Prohibition comes to mind) but it does take an act of Congress & it seems as if they're only good at agreeing to their pay raises.

Answer 8

Yes, it can even be revoked. On of my husbands favorite quotes from Benjamin Franklin is "This Constitution, like all others, will fail."

Answer 9

Yes, it can be changed- but the amendments made/added cannot contradict others before it.

Answer 10

It can be amended, but no one's going to take liquid paper and change what's already been written.

Answer 11

Yes... called an amendment!