There are instructions, but those instructions were also modified at the behest of slave owners who wanted an outsized influence. So we can’t update it without risking something even worse.
What should have been added was the requirement that it be updated every 20 years.
There are instructions, but those instructions were also modified at the behest of slave owners who wanted an outsized influence. So we can’t update it without risking something even worse.
What should have been added was the requirement that it be updated every 20 years.
Corrected. Do you have a source? You’ve piqued my interest.
Article V has the procedure for amending the Constitution