I'm looking at a school homework question. YES, I know you can add an Amendment. But this question says there are TWO ways to change the Consitution. What is the second, and where can I find those two ways clearly spelled out? Thanks!
2006-11-19 16:46:55 · 3 answers · asked by gpaltrow2001 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It's covered in article five of the Constitution. An amendment can be approved by a 2/3 majority of both the house and senate. The second way is that the 2/3 of the states can call a constitutional conventions, and the proposed amendment much be approved by the legislatures of 3/4 of the states.
By the way, I was glad to have a chance to look up an answer from the Constitution. It was good practice.
2006-11-19 16:56:20 · answer #1 · answered by DavidNH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amending is supposed to be the only way.
I suppose that the teacher is implying that when the courts mis-interpret the Constitution, then the effect of their ruling is to "amend" the document. For some of us, Roe v. Wade was quite clearly a misinterpretation of the Constitution. So, to us, the Court changed the meaning of the Constitution, they didn't truly interpret it.
2006-11-20 00:55:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was only aware of the public voting to add of revoke amendments
2006-11-20 00:49:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋