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THE AMENDMENT PROCESS
Mind map: the amendment process
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THE AMENDMENT PROCESS
PROPOSAL
- Proposed by 2/3 vote of Congress (Senate and House Of Reps)
- Proposal by 2/3 vote of national convention (called by Congress on request of 2/3 of state legislature) -NEVER BEEN USED-
RATIFICATION
- Passage by 3/4 of state legislature -USED 26 TIMES-
- Passage by 3/4 of special state conventions -USED ONCE TO REPEAL PROHIBITION (AMENDMENT 21)-
WHY HAS THE CONSTITUTION BEEN RARELY AMENDED ?
- Amendment process is deliberately difficult
- Constitution os unspecific (Example - provide for the common defence and general warfare)
- Judicial review interprets the Constitution and can effectively change meaning ("interpretive amendments")
- Prohibition is a lesson (Amend with caution)
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- A level US GOVRNMENT (Constitution) Mind Map on THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, created by dhruv bechra on 24/12/2017.
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