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Back in the day, some branches of the government tried to pass laws against interracial marriage. They were stopped because those branches didn't have the power to pass such laws. This is an example of the Constitution remaining stable.

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Up until 1920 women could not vote.  The fight to give women the right to vote was very long.   The Women’s Rights movement started at a convention in 1848 that was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.  Along with Susan B. Anthony, they raised awareness about women’s voting rights.  After a seventy year fight, the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920 that allowed women to vote.  This amendment expanded popular sovereignty by allowing more people to vote, in particular, women.

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A failed amendment was proposed to make English the National Language of the United States. It was repealed due to the people saying that it would be prejudiced to the large population of Spanish Speaking Americans. This failure kept the Constitution stable and the power of the federal government stayed the same.

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In May 1994, Paula Jones claimed a sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. Judge Susan Wright ruled that the current President could not be sued and the trial was to be delayed until the end of his term. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled in Jones’ favor, saying that the president was subject to the laws that affected any other citizen. This is an example of the power of the branches of government balancing each other out, with the President not getting more power.

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The 22nd Amendment states that the president is only allowed two terms of four years. This Amendment was ratified in 1951. It was passed because of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office. This amendment limited the time the president can be in charge, and limits that one president's effect on the country.

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An Amendment, proposed on August 22, 1978, was made to give Washington DC a part in the Electoral College. It was not passed. If it were passed it would’ve added three more votes in the Electoral College. The failure to pass this amendment kept popular sovereignty the same.  It prevented votes from being allowed in one city.

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The 17th Amendment states that the Senate will be made up of two Senators per state. The Senators are elected by the people of the state. This is the most common example of Popular Sovereignty in our country. The people get to decide who represents their state in the government.  Before this amendment, Senators were elected by the state legislatures, not by the people.

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Loving vs. Virginia was a Supreme Court case involving interracial marriage.  Mildred Loving was a black woman who was married to Richard Loving, a white man.  They were sent to prison for a year for being married.  Their marriage violated the state law in Virginia against marriage between people of different races.  The Supreme Court decided that the law was unconstitutional and eliminated all restrictions on marriage based on race.  This decision increased federalism by having the Supreme Court overrule state laws that prohibited interracial marriage.  It gives more power to the federal government to determine what kinds of marriages are legal.

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Checks and Balances: Defense of Marriage Act

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Checks and Balances: Defense of Marriage Act

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The Defense of Marriage Act was enacted on September 21, 1996 by Congress.  It was a federal law that only allowed the recognition of marriages between a man and a women and did not recognize same sex marriages.  This act did not allow same sex couples to receive any federal benefits for spouses, such as insurance and death benefits.  This act affected the government’s checks and balances because Congress enacted this law to try to get around some of the court rulings having to do with same sex marriage.  In 2015 it was overturned by the Supreme Court.

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The 18th Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1920.  It banned the use of alcoholic beverages and declared the production, sale or transport of alcohol illegal.  The force behind the 18th amendment was the Prohibition movement. Prohibition movements were popping up across the United States, driven by religious groups who thought that alcohol and drunkenness were a threat to the nation.  The 18th amendment increased the federal government’s power by giving it complete control over alcohol, which it did not have before this time.

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On this side, I'll talk about how the Constitution stays the same

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On this side,  I'll talk about how the Constitution changes.