Amending the Constitution Constitutionally

The Framers who created the Constitution for the United States composed one of the world’s most profound documents. While doing so, they knew down through time, some tweaking of the document would likely be necessary. Because of that, they included within the Constitution two methods by which it should be amended; one of which has yet to be used.

Method #1

This process begins with one of the two legislative branches (i.e. House) presenting a bill and voting on it. If the bill achieves a two-thirds majority in that chamber, it is…