Differences Between Formal And Informal Amendments

The United States of America has a document known as the Constitution that creates the general rules that the government must not break. These rules are known as amendments. More and more amendments get added to the Constitution over time through two ways known as formal and informal amendments. These changes are necessary for the Constitution, as it makes sure the government and society are evolving with modern times. As time goes on, the beliefs of society change and the Constitution should follow suit.
For an amendment to occur to the Constitution, it must undergo what is known as the amendment process. There are four different ways in which the Constitution can be changed. Congress proposing an amendment to the Constitution begins the first method. After the proposal, it is up to the state legislatures to ratify the Constitution. In the second method, Congress once again has to propose the change, however it is the state conventions that ratify the Constitution this time. In the third way of changing the Constitution, the national convention proposes the change instead of Congress. After the proposal it is the state legislatures who ratify it into the Constitution. In the fourth method, the national convention once again proposes the change, but it is the state
conventions that ratify the Constitution. While some amendments occur to the Constitution under what is known as a formal amendment, they can also be done under informal amendments.
In formal amendments, a section of text is added to the end of the Constitution. This text will either introduce a new rule or change a rule that was already in the Constitution. Informal amendments do not add or change any words that are in the Constitution. While formal amendments involve Congress, the national convention, state legislatures, and state conventions, formal amendments require different parties to do so. For an informal amendment to occur, they must be done from party practices, executive changes, customs, judicial interpretation, or
legislation. Changing the Constitution over time is important because it needs to keep up with how society is. Over time, society changes their views. What society believed was normal during the time the Constitution was created is different from what society believes in now. For example, during the time when the Constitution was created, slavery was a big and common thing in the United States. If amendments were not added to the Constitution later on, it would still be possible for slavery to be a common thing to this day. By amending the Constitution you are continually moving forward. If we were to stop updating the Constitution, society would continually be stuck in the same place and would start falling behind compared to the society of other countries. The Constitution of the United States has had many changes done to it ever since its creation. Changes to the Constitution occur through what are known as formal and informal amendments. These changes are necessary for the Constitution to stay relevant to modern society. If it were not the case, then we would forever be stuck in the past with no possible way of moving forwards.