How Did The Framers Change The Constitution

The Constitution is undoubtedly the strongest and most important document in United States history. It is the Constitution that was responsible for forming our government, along with setting forth the duties and restrictions of this newly created government. The Constitution also provided the people with certain rights that the government was prohibited from taking away. The United States Constitution is said to be the supreme law of the land and all Presidents, governors, state and federal judges and legislators are tasked with the promise to uphold it. As strong as the Constitution is, it is also flexible. The framers realized as times changed the Constitution would possibly have to change as well, so they included provisions for amending it, but they made it a multi-step process requiring majority support to ensure any future changes would reflect the true needs of the country and not just the desires or opinions of a select few. In addition to including an amendment process, the framers were certain to leave it open to some interpretation by future leaders.
When drafting the Constitution, the framers knew they had to create a document that would give the government enough power to
This is a surprising fact considering the Constitution is more than 200 years old and the first ten amendments along with the 27th were all adopted by the first Congress. According to Kermit Roosevelt, a University of Pennsylvania professor of law, the low success rate of Constitutional amendments being ratified is due to the fact that "the founders wanted the bar set high because they believed that most issues should be left to the ordinary political process. A constitutional amendment takes an issue away from the normal process of democratic politics, quite likely forever, so it makes sense to require an extraordinary consensus to resolve it permanently”