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Amending the Constitution:Amending the Constitution:Why Change?Why Change?
School of RockSchool of Rock
The Times They Are A-Changin’
by Bob Dylan (1964)
The Times They Are A-Changin’
by Bob Dylan (1964) Come gather ‘round
people Wherever you roamAnd admit that the
watersAround you have
grownAnd accept it that
soonYou’ll be drenched to
the bone
Come gather ‘round people
Wherever you roamAnd admit that the
watersAround you have
grownAnd accept it that
soonYou’ll be drenched to
the bone
If your time to you is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’
If your time to you is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’
Verse 2Verse 2
Come writers & criticsWho prophesize with
your penAnd keep your eyes
wide The chance won’t come
againAnd don’t speak too
soonFor the wheel’s still in
spin
Come writers & criticsWho prophesize with
your penAnd keep your eyes
wide The chance won’t come
againAnd don’t speak too
soonFor the wheel’s still in
spin
And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’
And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the callDon’t stand in the
doorwayDon’t block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has
stalledThere’s a battle outside
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the callDon’t stand in the
doorwayDon’t block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has
stalledThere’s a battle outside
And it is ragin’It’ll soon shake
your windowsAnd rattle your
wallsFor the times
they are a-changin’
And it is ragin’It’ll soon shake
your windowsAnd rattle your
wallsFor the times
they are a-changin’
Verse 3Verse 3
Come mothers & fathersThroughout the landAnd don’t criticize What you can’t
understandYour sons and your
daughtersAre beyond your
command
Come mothers & fathersThroughout the landAnd don’t criticize What you can’t
understandYour sons and your
daughtersAre beyond your
command
Your old road is Rapidly agin’Please get out of
the new oneIf you can’t lend
a handFor the times They are a-
changin’
Your old road is Rapidly agin’Please get out of
the new oneIf you can’t lend
a handFor the times They are a-
changin’
Verse 4Verse 4
The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe order is Rapidly fadin’
The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe order is Rapidly fadin’
And the first one now
Will later be lastFor the times They are a-
changin’
And the first one now
Will later be lastFor the times They are a-
changin’
Verse 5Verse 5
Questions for DiscussionQuestions for DiscussionQuestions for DiscussionQuestions for Discussion
1. What do you think the song is about, i.e. “what’s going on?”
2. In each verse, Dylan is challenging a certain group to change. Analyze each verse of the song and identify who or what needs to change.
3. What do you think is the overall message of the song?
4. What forces might make it necessary to change the Constitution?
1. What do you think the song is about, i.e. “what’s going on?”
2. In each verse, Dylan is challenging a certain group to change. Analyze each verse of the song and identify who or what needs to change.
3. What do you think is the overall message of the song?
4. What forces might make it necessary to change the Constitution?
The Constitution and the The Constitution and the Amendment ProcessAmendment Process
Methods of Proposal
Methods of Proposal
Method 1
By 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate
[most common method of proposing an amendment]
Methods of ProposalMethods of Proposal
Method 2
By national constitutional convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of the state legislatures
[This method has never been used]
Method 1
By 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate
[most common method of proposing an amendment]
Or
Methods of RatificationMethods of Ratification
Methods of RatificationMethods of Ratification
Method 1
By legislatures in ¾ of the states
[in all but one case, this is how amendments have been ratified]
Methods of RatificationMethods of Ratification
Method 2
Ratified through conventions in ¾ of the states.
[Only been used once to ratify the 21st Amendment]
Method 1
By legislatures in ¾ of the states
[in all but one case, this is how amendments have been ratified]
Or
Amendment ProcessAmendment ProcessMethods of Proposal
Method 1
By 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate
Or
Method 2
By national constitutional convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of the state legislatures
Methods of Ratification
Method 1
By legislatures in ¾ of the states
Or
Method 2
Ratified through conventions in ¾ of the states.
The Equal Rights The Equal Rights AmendmentAmendmentProposed 1972Proposed 1972
Equality of rights under Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United or abridged by the United States or by any state on States or by any state on account of sex.account of sex.
The Equal Rights Amendment The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA):(ERA):
Questions for DiscussionQuestions for Discussion1.1. What rights are What rights are
protected by the ERA?protected by the ERA?2.2. Why do you think the Why do you think the
ERA has evoked such ERA has evoked such heated debate?heated debate?
3.3. Brainstorm pros and Brainstorm pros and cons of each side.cons of each side.
4.4. Do you think the ERA Do you think the ERA should be ratified?should be ratified?
Suggested Amendment Topics
Flag burning Allow non-natural
born citizens to become President
Official language(s) of U.S.
Definition of marriage
Prayer in school
Balanced budget Electoral College Terms limits on
U.S. Senators & Representatives
Access to medical care for all citizens
Death penalty
Political Cartoon #1Political Cartoon #1Title: Flag Burning Amendment
Gary Markstein, Wisconsin, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel , July 18, 2005 ,http://www.politicalcartoons.com
Political Cartoon #2Political Cartoon #2Title: Flag Burning
Steve Breen, The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 25, 2005http://www.politicalcartoons.com
Political Cartoon #3Political Cartoon #3Title: Gay Marriage Amendment
Mike Lane, Cagle Cartoons. Feb. 26, 2004 http://www.politicalcartoons.com
