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Formal Amendment Process Analysis
Stephen Preal
Professor Jason Smith
GOVT 2305
27 July 2015

The Founding and the Constitution
Describe the formal amendment process The process for amending the Constitution is broken down into two parts. The first part begins with proposing an amendment. Proposals are made by a representative in either the house or the senate. To pass an amendment you need to have two-thirds of the members in both houses voting. Another way to pass an amendment is by two-thirds of the state legislatures asking Congress for a convention to propose amendments. Through the process, the formal amendment process must occur in three-fourths of the state legislatures or a favorable vote in three-fourths of all of the states. The process looks this way because the …show more content…
There's not much that should be read in between the lines within the Constitution. The words are taken literally and are to be interpreted as the writers intended them to mean a few hundred years ago.
Loose constructionism has a more profound interpretation of the Constitution. With Loose constructionism there’s more room to determine what the words would mean if it were to be applied to today's world.
Strict constructionism is generally favored more by conservatives than loose constructionism. Conservatives tend to choose to go by specifically what the writers wrote, while liberals believe in loose constructionism. Loose constructionism allows for the Constitution to be a basis for law. However the law isn’t to necessarily be limited by the words of the Constitution. Loose interpretation becomes a problem because it doesn’t provide any safeguards against government intrusion on our …show more content…
A written constitution is just a contract a pact between the government and its citizens isn’t? Contracts must be explicit, clear, and concise as to ensure all interested parties' rights and requests are reflected accurately. The Constitution should be treated in the same way. The government's powers should be limited to what's in the pact, nothing more and nothing less.
The concept of the Constitution is that it's not rigid and inflexible. There can be changes made to the Constitution through a difficult process, which allows for a strict interpretation. The Framers of the Constitution couldn't see into the future and predict what issues may arise with the Constitution. In my opinion if we were to leave it up to a loose interpretation then Government could take away our basic
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