The Amendment Process

The Legislative Process

The Voting Process

The Election Process

No, only 2/3 of each are needed.

Yes, all members must agree.

No, only 1/2 of each are needed.

Yes, only the Senate needs to agree.

To make the process more flexible.

To ensure all states have equal power.

To prevent any amendments from passing.

To give more power to the federal government.

It requires a large majority.

It involves only a few steps.

It needs unanimous agreement.

It can be done quickly.

Congress has the final say in any amendment proposal.

Very few new amendments have made it through the process.

The process is intentionally difficult to prevent corruption.

The Founding Fathers did not see a need to amend the Constitution.

There is more than one process to amend the Constitution.

To adapt to changing times

To make it easier to change laws

To allow states to have more power

To limit the power of the President

Separation of Powers

Individual rights

Popular sovereignty

Declaration of Independence