Abstract
<p>Konstytucja Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki wyróżnia się na tle konstytucji europejskich z kilku powodów. Po pierwsze, jest jedną z najkrótszych konstytucji, biorąc pod uwagę liczbę artykułów. Po drugie, należy do konstytucji sztywnych, trudno zmienianych. Po trzecie, jakiekolwiek zmiany konstytucyjne nie są wprowadzane do jej treści, ale umieszczane w postaci numerowanych poprawek. Po czwarte, od uchwalenia Konstytucji w 1789 r. wprowadzono zaledwie 27 poprawek, z czego ostatnia czekała na wejście w życie 203 lata. Ostatnia poprawka dotyczy zakazu zmiany wysokości uposażenia parlamentarzystów w trakcie kadencji i jest jedną z najciekawszych, biorąc pod uwagę jej kontekst historyczny.</p>
Highlights
Money and power are the two strongest aphrodisiacs that rule the world and people, and challenge the contemporary democratic states
Article V shortly described the procedure for the constitutional amendments
The original language of Article V of the U.S Constitution reads as follows: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress (...)
Summary
Money and power are the two strongest aphrodisiacs that rule the world and people, and challenge the contemporary democratic states. The constitutional provision does not Izabela Kraśnicka, Elżbieta Kużelewska concern the amount of compensation, but it excludes the possibility of changing it during the parliamentary term This is a rare and, unique situation, as the constitutions of European states do not contain provisions relating to the salary of the parliament members. Another difference between the American and European systems regards the prohibition to combine the functions of persons exercising legislative and executive power. The unprecedented period of over 200 years between the original proposal as well as the final ratification is due to the complex and twisted history of the amendment As such it is worth a deeper legal and historic analysis. Article V shortly described the procedure for the constitutional amendments. There is certainly a fascinating political and legal story behind every amendment introduced during the 229 years of the Constitution’s existence The limited number of the amendments that came into force in comparison to the number of unsuccessfully introduced amendments (1,300 only between 1789 and 1889), confirms the difficulty of the procedure [Lynch 2001]
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