Salient aspects of legislature executive and judiciary of usa
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1. Written Constitution:
First prominent feature of the American constitution is that unlike the British Constitution, it is written or documentary .It is very brief document and contains about 4000 words and at least 10—12 pages. It consists of preamble and seven articles only. Three of the articles are related to structure and powers of Legislative (Article 1), Executive (Article 2) and Judiciary (Article 3) and the other four dedicated to position of states (Article 4), modes of amendments (Article 5),
supremacy of national power (Article 6) and ratification (Article 7). It also holds that constitution is the supreme law of the land. Article one is the longest and cannot be amended. Like other constitutions, it also consists of preamble; a single sentence that introduces and defines purpose of the document.
2. Rigid Constitution:
Another feature of the American constitution is that it is rigid, which means that it cannot be amended by the congress by the ordinary procedure. The procedure is very intricate and difficult. The procedure to amend Constitution consists of 2 steps;
a. Proposal for Amendment:
There are two ways to propose for amendment. Either two-third (67%) of both the houses (Senate and House of Representatives) shall propose for amendment to constitution or on the application of legislatures of two-third (67%) states shall call a convention for proposing amendment.
b. Ratification of Proposal:
The amendment shall be ratified by the legislatures of three fourth (75 %) of all states or by the convention of three fourth of states. It is because of this rigidity that American constitution has been amended only 27 times in over 200 years. It is, therefore, rightly remarked that "it the founding fathers were to return to life today, they would not find it difficult to recognize handiwork.
First prominent feature of the American constitution is that unlike the British Constitution, it is written or documentary .It is very brief document and contains about 4000 words and at least 10—12 pages. It consists of preamble and seven articles only. Three of the articles are related to structure and powers of Legislative (Article 1), Executive (Article 2) and Judiciary (Article 3) and the other four dedicated to position of states (Article 4), modes of amendments (Article 5),
supremacy of national power (Article 6) and ratification (Article 7). It also holds that constitution is the supreme law of the land. Article one is the longest and cannot be amended. Like other constitutions, it also consists of preamble; a single sentence that introduces and defines purpose of the document.
2. Rigid Constitution:
Another feature of the American constitution is that it is rigid, which means that it cannot be amended by the congress by the ordinary procedure. The procedure is very intricate and difficult. The procedure to amend Constitution consists of 2 steps;
a. Proposal for Amendment:
There are two ways to propose for amendment. Either two-third (67%) of both the houses (Senate and House of Representatives) shall propose for amendment to constitution or on the application of legislatures of two-third (67%) states shall call a convention for proposing amendment.
b. Ratification of Proposal:
The amendment shall be ratified by the legislatures of three fourth (75 %) of all states or by the convention of three fourth of states. It is because of this rigidity that American constitution has been amended only 27 times in over 200 years. It is, therefore, rightly remarked that "it the founding fathers were to return to life today, they would not find it difficult to recognize handiwork.
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