The power to make Amendments?

Congress and the senate get the ball rolling and then it must be approved by two thirds of the 50 states to become an amendment. They can be reversed through the same procedure, aka prohibition. Adding the amendments can be important, but with the leadership that we have currently I would be against any that they proposed, republican or democrat. Personally, would depend. Slavery yes, the right to vote for women yes. As an American Indian yes. I had to at one time own land off of the reservation and pay taxes in order to vote. Welfare is being abused and if health care is passed watch out .... abuse will be rampant.

The Constitution allows the Amendment Process because the Originators knew that circumstances would come that would require clarity of the Constitution and application of it's guidelines. The process of amending the Constitution can be started by 2/3rds of BOTH Houses of Congress or by 2/3rds of the States (38) calling for a Constitutional Convention. If an amendment is proposed, it must then be Ratified by 3/4ths of the state legislatures or by Special Conventions in 3/4ths of the States. If 38 states ratify it, it becomes part of the Constitution and the Federal Government has to see it enforced.