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Changing the Constitution requires 2/3rds of each house of Congress. [0] If there were such a strong majority for reform, the reform would already be law. [0]
by WildUtah 12y ago
Changing the Constitution requires 2/3rds of each house of Congress. [0] If there were such a strong majority for reform, the reform would already be law.
[0] Amendments also require majority agreement in both houses of 3/4ths of the state legislatures.
- johan_larson 12y agoThe constitution changes slowly, but it does change. There were 12 amendments to it during the 20th century. http://classroom.synonym.com/many-constitutional-amendments-were-passed-during-twentieth-century-14821.html http://classroom.synonym.com/many-constitutional-amendments-...
- avar 12y agoThat's one out of two ways to change the constitution. It can also be initiated by the states without the involvement of Congress. See [1]. This is the strategy being adopted by the Wolf PAC[2] which is seeking to pass an amendment abolishing corporate personhood & publicly financing elections. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_Stat... 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_PAC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_PAC