Today’s Agenda• Finish 3.2 wkst. And go over it• Begin Movie

– Issues to watch for• 5th Amendment• 6th Amendment• 8th Amendment• Role of Free Press

• Homework– Constitutional Scavenger Hunt Due

tomorrow• 5 points off each day late

Chapter 3A Look at the Constitution

3.2 Articles V Through VII

Question

• Should same-sex marriage be banned?

• How would it happen?

S E C T I O N 2

Formal Amendment

• What are the different ways to formally amend, or change the wording of, the Constitution?

• How many times has the Constitution been amended?

• What is the Bill of Rights?

Let’s Review• 1st ten Amendments are called….Guarantees:• Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press• States Rights• No cruel and unusual punishment• Due process of law• Speedy trial / council• Privacy• Bear arms • Principle of the Constitution which creates a system of overlapping

the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, to permit each branch to check the actions of the others

• Judicial branch’s power to nullify (cancel out) a law determine the constitutionality of an action of the government

• Supreme Court Case in which Judicial Review was created

The Constitution is 224 years old!• The United States in 1789

• US Constitution went into effect • Less than 4 million people• 90% involved in agricultural work• Made up of 13 states• Life expectancy-late 50s• No electricity, no cars

• The United States in 2014• 320 million Americans• Complex and globally interconnected

economy• 50 states• Life expectancy- 79• Nuclear weapons, power, Internet,

Global economy…….• Complex social issuesHow can a document written 224 years ago still be relevant today?

Overview

• When the Constitution was written, provisions were made to allow for amendments that would reflect the changing needs of the people. In Section 2, you will learn about the four methods of formal amendment, and will begin to examine the Bill of Rights.

What is Article V of the Constitution?• Framers knew that

Constitution would need to grow as the nation grew

• Article V sets methods to formally amend the Constitution– Amendment: A

change in, or addition to, a constitution or law

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

What is the most common way to propose an amend the Constitution?

• Propose means to suggest (a change)

• Amendment can be proposed in US Congress by a two-thirds vote

• Or• Amendment can be

proposed by 2/3 of states– Who would hold a

National Convention

The Equal Rights Amendment

Federalism

How can an Amendment be ratified? • Ratification means “to approve”• Amendment can be ratified by

– three-fourths of the State legislatures (38 of 50 states)

– OR– special conventions in three-

fourths of the States (38 of 50)– Created as a way of bypassing

state legislatures and express the will of the people

• Only 21st Amendment adopted in this fashion– Repealed 18th (Prohibition)

What Guiding Principle of the Constitution is at work here?

What guiding principle of the Constitution is at work here?

Answer: Popular Sovereignty

Answer: Federalism

Is it easy to amend the Constitution?• NO• Over 200

amendment proposals every year

• Only 27 Amendments have been adopted so far

Strange Proposed Amendments1.Ban interracial marriage (1912)2.Making divorce illegal (1884)3.A ban on drunkenness (1938)4.Instead of one president, three presidents (1878) - 5.Renaming the country "United States of the Earth" (1893) 6.Limiting personal wealth to $1 million (1933)7.Abolishing Army/Navy (1893)

Article VI (6): Law of the Land• Supremacy

Clause: States that the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land

• Supersedes all state and local law

Amendments to the ConstitutionCollectively, the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.

They set out many of our basic freedoms.

Chapter 3, Section 2Chapter 3, Section 2

Ticket Out• Use pages 52-65 and Complete 3.2 Bill of Rights

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