1. Classroom Expectations
When you enter the room, SIT DOWN.
Read the board to see what your preview is.
Do WHATEVER the preview says to do.
Listen.
FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AT ALL TIMES.
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2. The Amendment Process

3. Words to Know
Amend = CHANGE
Ratify = APPROVE
Repeal = CANCEL

4. The Amendment Process WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Our Constitution is also known as the Supreme Law of Land
Supremacy Clause of the Constitution
It is also seen as a flexible or “living document”
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

5. What are Amendments?
Amendments are written changes to the Constitution
They keep the Constitution “updated”
There are currently 27 changes to the Constitution

6. THE AMENDMENT PROCESS Choice A A B Choice B Propose Amendment
State Legislature
¾ of states
to ratify
Choice A A y B
Choice B
Propose
Amendment

7. All but one amendment has use this method
THE AMENDMENT PROCESS
State Legislature
¾ of states
to ratify
All but one amendment has use this method
Choice A A
State Conventions
¾ of states
to ratify
Amendment 21 B
Congress
2/3 vote of both houses
State Legislature
¾ of states
to ratify
Choice B
National
Convention
Convened by
Congress
Not been used
State Legislatures
Apply to Congress
[2/3 of states]
State Conventions
¾ of states
to ratify
Propose
Amendment

8. The Amendment Process Step 1: Proposal Step 2: Ratify
Step 3: Repeal (if necessary)

9. Exit Ticket Half Sheet from Mr. Morse
Using your graphic organizer, use a complete sentence to explain:
Of the two we discussed, what is the most common way to propose an amendment?
Of the four listed, what is the most common way for an amendment to be ratified?
Use complete sentences to answer both questions.
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10. Interesting Facts
Congress placed a time limit of 7 years for a bill to be approved as an amendment
Presidents play NO ROLE in the Amendment Process
He cannot veto an amendment either
Amendments are ratified on average every 15 years

11. Proposed yet not passed
To guarantee the right to use the word "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance  and the national motto;
to restrict marriage in all states to be between a man and a woman;
to remove protections for child pornography;
To repeal the 8th Amendment
a right to "equal high quality" health care;
to limit Presidential pardons
to allow for any person of age, regardless of birth, who has been a citizen of the United States for 20 years or more to be eligible for the presidency.

12. Proposed Amendments (yet failed state ratification)
1926: Congress can limit, regulate and prohibit child labor of persons under 18 years of age.
1972: Women and men should be seen as equals under the law.
1978: Would grant citizens of Washington, D.C., the same full representation in Congress as any state. .