What is the only part of the constitution that cant be am mended?

Question

What is the only part of the constitution that cant be am mended?

Answer 1

Quick responses are nice, right?

This is a tricky question... There are many aspect to be considered when approaching the constitution...  Free speech, freedom of religion and assembly, freedom of the press (basically the first amendment) were all included because it was the general consensus that a single government could not make good (unbiased) decisions about regulating such endeavors...

However, what is more important to note is that most of the constitution was written in a manner suitable to the individual states.  When we approach this document from a "state's right's" perspective, all of these laws seem to have their place... So when you ask, "what is the only part of the constitution that can't be amended" you must consider the following point of view;

The constitution was created in a way that each state could adopt it and not be affected by the other states or, as we have today in our 'unionized' position, by a single governmental body... whether elected or not.

Hope that helps,

Peace.

Answer 2

Sounds like a trick question on your exam paper.  :-)

There is NO part of the US constitution which cannot be amended. Even, the proviso to Article V--"Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."--does not PROHIBIT amendment. One part delayed the ability to amend certain parts of the US constitution for several years while the other made on particular kind of amendment (reducing a state's representation in the Senate) more difficult.

By the way, note that the Article V proviso arguably does not apply to the Article V proviso itself. Thus, for example, to deprive a US state of equal suffrage in the Senate one would do the following:

1) Pass a constitutional amendment deleting the article V proviso.

Then, once that had been accomplished:

2) Pass a second constitutional amendment reducing its representation the Senate.

To prevent that sort of circumvention the Article V proviso would have had to be what's called "doubly entrenched".