Amending US Constitution
The cluster focuses on the difficulty and process of amending the US Constitution, highlighting requirements like supermajorities, state approvals, and why it's nearly impossible in the current political landscape.
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You’ll have to amend the constitution. Good luck.
So changing "constitution" isn't possible? :)
The Constitution would need to amended.
That would require a constitutional amendment.
france isn't us, but we've seen how dangerous it is, instead of hoping to not get in this situation ever, why not engrave this in constitution so that changing it again would be extremely hard?
"Changing it" woukd require a constitutional amendment, which is a near impossibly in today's landscape.When the corrective mechanism is nearly impossible to invoke, it doesnt really matter who wants what.
Might require another constitutional amendment.
Congress cannot amend the constitution as easily as it can pass a law. The States have to agree to it as well.
It would require a constitutional amendment.
In the USA we have amendments to the constitution, which take considerable political effort to change. These amendments can restrict the types of laws that may be passed.This system works because the changes are not just recorded in the paper of some lawbook, but in the minds of the people.