Definitions for constitutional amendment
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1. constitutional amendmentnoun

   a law or change to an existing law that is added to a governing document.

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1. Constitutional amendment

   A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity. Amendments are often interwoven into the relevant sections of an existing constitution, directly altering the text. Conversely, they can be appended to the constitution as supplemental additions (codicils), thus changing the frame of government without altering the existing text of the document. Most constitutions require that amendments cannot be enacted unless they have passed a special procedure that is more stringent than that required of ordinary legislation. Examples of such special procedures include supermajorities in the legislature, or direct approval by the electorate in a referendum, or even a combination of two or more different special procedures. A referendum to amend the constitution may also be triggered in some jurisdictions by popular initiative. Australia and Ireland provide examples of constitutions requiring that all amendments are first passed by the legislature before being submitted to the people; in the case of Ireland, a simple majority of those voting at the electorate is all that is required, whereas a more complex set of criteria must be met in Australia (a majority of voters in a majority of states is also necessary). Switzerland has procedure similar to that of Australia. The special procedures for the amendment of some constitutions have proven to be so exacting, that of proposed amendments either few (eight Amendments out of 44 proposed in Australia), or none (as in Japan) have been passed over a period of several decades. In contrast, the former constitution of the U.S. state of Alabama was amended 977 times between its adoption in 1901 and its replacement by the current constitution in 2022.

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1. Constitutional amendment

   A constitutional amendment is a formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state. In some jurisdictions the text of the constitution itself is altered; in others the text is not changed, but the amendments change its effect. Most constitutions require that amendments cannot be enacted unless they have passed a special procedure that is more stringent than that required of ordinary legislation. Examples of such special procedures include super-majorities in the legislature, or direct approval by the electorate in a referendum, or even a combination of two or more different special procedures. A referendum to amend the constitution may also be triggered in some jurisdictions by popular initiative. Australia and the Republic of Ireland provide examples of constitutions requiring that all amendments are first passed by the legislature before being submitted to the people; in the case of Ireland, a simple majority of those voting at the electorate is all that is required, whereas a more complex set of criteria must be met in Australia. Switzerland has a similar procedure to Australia's. The special procedures for the amendment of some constitutions have proven to be so exacting that of proposed amendments either few, as in Australia, or none, as in Japan, have been passed over a period of several decades. In contrast, the constitution of the US state of Alabama has been amended over 800 times since 1901.

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1. constitutional amendment

   Is a formal change and amendment through a formal unity governmental procedure to the text of the constitution document of a country, form of unity government or governmental organization.

   Each unity government that has a constitution has a formal procedure for a constitutional amendment.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 8, 2016  

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Examples of constitutional amendment in a Sentence

1. Burch Elliott:

   Instead of wasting time and taxpayer dollars on political overreach, lawmakers need to support health care that meets the needs of Iowans and their unique circumstances. Thankfully, the court's decision protects access to safe and legal abortion for now, but the decision also underscores why it's crucial that our state constitution continues to protect the right to abortion — and that's why we must fight the proposed anti-abortion constitutional amendment that lawmakers are currently trying to push through at the capitol.

2. Cem Oezdemir:

   Erdogan won't let this opportunity be missed to not only thoroughly clean the military but to finally realise his project of a constitutional amendment with the objective of autocracy, the few critical media outlets and the first green shots of civil society have certainly nothing good to expect.

3. Calvina Fay:

   The science still very much indicates that smoking a crude weed is not a healthy thing to do, we just don’t think a constitutional amendment is a good way to go about establishing a so-called medical program in our state.

4. Ronald Reagan:

   We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place.

5. Pam Bondi:

   Regardless of the ruling, it has always been our goal to have uniformity throughout Florida until the final resolution of the numerous challenges to the voter-approved constitutional amendment on marriage, nonetheless, the Supreme Court has now spoken, and the stay will end on January 5.

References

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