We might look to the 50 state constitutions, most of which are considerably easier to amend.
As a precursor to such changes, the LDP plans to make it easier to amend a constitution which so far has never been altered.
6.39 There is no foundation in the suggestion that it is easier to amend an existing Act than to bring in a new one.
During his six years in the Senate, Ashcroft sponsored seven constitutional amendments, which would ban abortions, prohibit flag burning, permit a line-item veto, require a balanced budget, necessitate a super-majority for tax increases, establish term limits for federal officeholders — and, finally, make it easier to amend the Constitution.
6.38 It has been argued that any legislation touching on press regulation would be the beginning of the slippery slope; that any Government would find it easier to amend an existing Act than to bring forward new legislation to shackle the press; that Parliament is itching to control the press and that this would be an opportunity to do so.
He was likewise unsuccessful in his efforts to make it easier to amend the Constitution In 1911, Republicans were blocking the admission of Arizona to statehood, while planning to admit New Mexico.
In Michigan, where the GOP has held the levers of power for nearly eight years, Republican legislators want to water down a minimum wage law they approved before the election so that it would not go to voters and would now be easier to amend.
A kohl pencil is a good weapon of choice as it's less mess and easier to amend if you need to!
Fortunately, amendments turn out to be easy enough to amend within the national security state itself.
