Amending the Constitution Amending, The Right Way Article V
explains how the Constitution may be amended. It states
(emphasis added): As you can see, the constitution may be
amended by The People (in the form of the congress) and by The
States (state legislatures or state constitutional conventions).
Large majorities (called a "supermajority") are required both to
bring a proposed amendment to a vote (two-thirds) and to approve
a new amendment (three-fourths). It is clear that the founders
did not want amending the highest law of the land to be easy or
trivial. Amending, The Wrong Way The Constitution is routinely,
and easily 'amended' by the congress. When the Congress passes
an unconstitutional law, it has the very same effect as if the
Congress had amended the Constitution without the consent of the
states — government assumes powers not granted to it by the
states in the Constitution. Passing unconstitutional laws is
very easy. Once passed, repealing unconstitutional laws is very,
very hard. Forget Civics