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Description
Mind Map by Katie Giddings, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie Giddings
over 7 years ago
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Is the US constitution flexible?
- DIFFICULT TO CHANGE
- amending the constitution requires super majorities in the senate & HORs
- Small number of amendments
- FFs deliberately wanted it to be difficult to change
- FFs deliberately wanted it to be difficult to change
- Small number of amendments
- amending the constitution requires super majorities in the senate & HORs
- WORDING
- unspecific/ vague in places
- Political parties/ congressional
committees/ political parties not mention
in the const but are intergral to US politics
- Primary elections/ cabinet also not mentioned
- Primary elections/ cabinet also not mentioned
- Congress
- 'provide for the common
defence & general welfare'
- 'provide for the common
defence & general welfare'
- unspecific/ vague in places
- JUDICIAL REVIEW
- Strike down any fed/ state law as
unconstitutional
- Major changes in society eg brown
ruling 1954
- 1973 Roe V Wade
- 2007 Partial Birth Abortion Act- judicial review is a continuous role/ on going
- Const continuously being updated
- Const continuously being updated
- 2007 Partial Birth Abortion Act- judicial review is a continuous role/ on going
- 1973 Roe V Wade
- Major changes in society eg brown
ruling 1954
- Strike down any fed/ state law as
unconstitutional
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