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Changing the Constitution?
The Constitution cannot be changed. The rules an provisions may be amended from time to time for clarification, but only so long as the amendment is not in direct conflict with the original intent of the founding document. If an amendment is in conflict with a rule or principle expressed in the Constitution it is unconstitutional, and therefore null and void from the time of its passage.
What is the basic principle of the US Government?
The basic principle in the U.S. government is democracy. The founding fathers and the framers of the Constitution wanted to make sure the people had control.
What amendment was used to justify the outcome of dred Scott?
The declaration that a man's property was sacred. The court ruled that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves within their definition of property.
How many countries were founding members of the UN?
There were 77 founding countries of the UN
Silence of the book founding brothers?
When the founding brothers, were silent and didn't talk to anyone for 10 years.
What was the founding fathers' opinion of trial by jury?
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What founding father originally proposed what would become the 27th Amendment 200 years later?
The founding fathers did not propose the 27th amendment. They were dead by that time. I found out from my teacher that it was a trick questions.
By including the freedom of religion in the First Amendment the founding fathers were promoting religion.?
FALSE
Changing the Constitution?
The Constitution cannot be changed. The rules an provisions may be amended from time to time for clarification, but only so long as the amendment is not in direct conflict with the original intent of the founding document. If an amendment is in conflict with a rule or principle expressed in the Constitution it is unconstitutional, and therefore null and void from the time of its passage.
What were the Founding Fathers intentions about the eighth amendment?
They wanted the people the right to pay there way out of jail
Did the ninth amendment outlaw income tax?
No, the ninth amendment of the US Constitution does not outlaw income tax. This amendment provides for the rights of the citizens of the United States that were intended by the founding fathers but not clearly stipulated in the Bill of Rights.
Who introduced the second amendment of the constitution?
James Madison wrote the actual amendment in response to states concern over a federal military coup. He also wrote the Federalist Papers.
What is the 14th amendment impact on founding of the American Equal Rights Association?
Congress have power to enforce by appropriate legislation.
The passage of the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments brought the country closer to fulfilling the founding principle of .?
The answer is equality.
What is the basic principle of the US Government?
The basic principle in the U.S. government is democracy. The founding fathers and the framers of the Constitution wanted to make sure the people had control.
Do you suppose the founding fathers viewed the idea of secession as a states right?
Obviously-they were secessionists. The right of opting out would have been a primary founding principle; these men had just lost families seceeding from Britain.
What gives an American the right to carry a gun?
Most people would say the second amendment, but the second amendment only guarantees the right, which the founding fathers saw as a God-given human right.
