The United States’ constitution currently has 27 amendments, If a 28th were to be instated
it would have to based on a critical problem facing the U.S as a whole. One of the biggest issues currently facing the nation is weather. Droughts are raging in the west and floods are damaging the east, an amendment must be passed to deal with this crisis that will only get worse as time goes on. The amendment would need to be the approval of the NWAPA based on its economic, social, and long term benefits.
The NWAPA, or North American Water and Power Alliance, was a plan created by Parsons Corporation in 1964 that would have vastly changed the country we live in today. The idea was to create a series of manmade rivers, canals, and dams spanning the entire nation as well as parts of mexico and canada. through this system water could be drained from flooded areas or bring more water to regions suffering from drought. The economic revival that could be brought about from this kind of project is staggering, millions of jobs would be needed to complete the construction, and the nation’s industrial complex
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Areas prone to flooding can be drained quickly or be unaffected, protecting thousands of families and government property from destruction. On the flip side, water shortages are plaguing states like California causing raging wildfires and public unrest. This system can ensure that people across the nation have a safe constant supply of water.
The long term advantages for this system are quite easy to see. These climate conditions will only worsen with time. The drought in the west will become even worse and begin expanding through the mid west, and flooding will also become more prevalent in areas closer to the coast or built around major waterways. Therefore if the United States were to ratify a 28th amendment it should be the approval of the NAWPA for the safety and security of our nation's
Due to the growing population and issues the amendment changed, get redraft. The law use to be thirteen, and then presently twenty-seven. Whenever, an issue arises the constitution is referred to solve the problem.
The few ways to amend the constitution include a 3/4 vote of the state legislators to approve it, and 3/4 vote of ratifying conventions in states to approve it. The constitution has been amended 17 times since the first 10, which emanated from the bill of right. They all include information about the right of people and the regime, and all of them hold democracy as the main point.
There has been 27 amendments to the US Constitution since then. Which is the most important amendment excluding the Bill of Rights? That is a hard choice to make. They all influence the US so much and in many different ways.
In order for an amendment to be passed, the amendment must first be proposed by Congress and passed with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Technically, this process can also be done if two-thirds of the states petition Congress for a constitutional convention as well, but the current 27 amendments have not been proposed in this way. Then for the amendment to be ratified, a three-fourths majority in the state legislature must be held, or a three-fourths majority within a constitutional convention. This is not a quick process and is further reasoning for a long-term plan to alleviate our republics structural
An amendment is brought before congress and it is voted on, then either put into effect or put aside (Schmidt,2017) The process of amending the constitution is not easy and it requires patience and diligence from all involved. There are many opinions that need to be sorted through and the final decision always goes back to what is seen best for all Americans at the time in which they are living. One issue that is worthy to be an amendment right now in the United States is, that American citizens should be able to digitally track their vote for the president of the United
Change comes whether we like it or not and amendments are set in place to govern what the founding fathers had not thought was an issue at the time our Constitution was written. Amendments are the process of formally altering or adding to a document. The Constitution restricts what our government is able to do but sometimes new rights and laws need to be made. This allows for our Constitution to fill our needs in the present time as new problems arise. Laws and rules in the amendments are made to form to the citizens for our benefit. If an amendment is proposed it would go to the House of Representatives and the Senate who would vote to add it or not. If they believed it would improve our Constitution then it would be added. Sometimes though they are repealed because they no longer benefit the
The Colorado River Basin starts in the Rocky Mountains and cuts through 1500 miles of canyon lands and deserts of seven US states and two Mexican states to supply a collection of dams and reservoirs with water to help irrigate cropland, support 40 million people, and provide hydroelectric power for the inland western United States [1,2]. From early settlement, rights over the river have been debated and reassigned to different states in the upper and lower basin; however, all the distribution patterns lead to excessive consumption of the resource. In 1922, the seven US states signed into the Colorado River Compact, which outlined the policy for the distribution rights to the water [3], however, this compact was written during an exceptionally
The 27th Amendment is very unique in its own specials ways. This amendment was by far the longest an amendment has ever taken to be ratified by congress. The initial proposal was made in 1789, and it took over three hundred years to be ratified, ending in 1992. The 27th Amendment is mainly focused on controlling the salary of the members of congress. This amendment was put into action to make sure the congress is not being paid too little, or too much. This ensures that congressional members do not give themselves pay raises without first letting others vote on the decision.
Since its inception, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times. “The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment was
The United States of America is responsible for transcending the way government functions. The idea that people have certain inalienable rights that are God given was revolutionary thinking for the era of the founding fathers. There have been many instances throughout American history where we have failed to live up to the founding principles from the Declaration of Independence, of: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness— for all our citizens— but we have also had many moments of inspiration in being trailblazers for freedom when we have lived up to those principles. The founding fathers themselves were flawed as all people are, but it is their system of checks and balances that has been instrumental in deterring any of the three branches government from growing too powerful. They understood that men/women with an unchecked amount of power is dangerous to humanity. Also, they realized that they themselves could not adequately anticipate all events or obstacles in the nations future, and thus, they must have a clause deemed legally capable for change to antiquated portions of the constitution in the form of amendments. There have been over 10,000 proposed amendments to the constitution but only 27 ratified. This leads me to wonder " What are some proposed amendments that I might support?" and, " What are some amendments that I would propose?"
In the constitution there are 27 amendments/changes. The purpose of the 27 amendments is to change the law to solve new issues that were not around when the Constitution was written. Of the 27 amendments, the first ten, are known as the Bill of Rights which went into effect December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights guarantees the individual rights of citizens. The constitution; written in 1787 exists to serve the states, protect people, and restrain the government. The constitution replaced the articles of confederation.
Every year, Congress proposes a ton of amendments. Some are reasonable, and some of them are just crazy. The rate of proposed amendments throughout the 1990s is absurd. This roller coaster of a rate went all the way up from 214 in 1990 to only 60 proposes amendments in 1999. So far in the beginning of the 21st century, the country stays steady in the proposing department at around the 70-80 rang according to senate.gov. Needless to say, in 1789, the people proposed 10,431 amendments. But, of course, these insane numbers doesn’t necessary mean anything if they are not passed.
There have been many amendments that have made their way through the congress since first the constitution was instated. A few, however, never made it into the United States constitution. There were six amendments that were never ratified into the constitution. Some were justified in their reasons for not being ratified, but then there are some which to this day no one quite understands why they were not ratified into the constitution. In Americans attempt to be a fair and just country, its government made many different decisions that were later written into a simple document that would have such an impact on a nation and even the world. The six amendments that did not make the cut were either later rewritten or forgotten completely but here in this paper all six will be looked at and analyzed. The six amendments are Congressional Apportionment Amendment, Title of Nobility Amendment, Corwin Amendment, Child Labor Amendment, Equal Rights Amendment, and District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment.
Hundreds of amendments have been proposed but only 27 have been ratified and that includes the Bill of Rights. The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights so those were passed shortly after the Constitution was passed. In the past 200+ years there have only been an additional 17 amendments. (staff, Amending the Constitution, 2016)
Water scarcity affects every continent on earth. According to the World Health Organization “by 2025 half of the world will be living in water stressed areas”. Water Stressed areas are have less water supply than the demand. now a water stressed area; in 205 Californians cut water usage by 25% in efforts to lower demand. Most water was being used by farmers, these cuts significantly hurt the agricultural field. In addition the drought costed the state six million dollars as well as leading to several wildfires that burned 306,000 acres in 2016 .