In American Sovereigns Fritz explains that the tensions between “alter and abolish” and “explicit and authentic acts” are essentially about the disagreement between the people and the new governments (both state and federal) on what constitutes as proper procedure on changing government. Fritz documented that many state constitutions included “alter and abolish” language as the American Revolution was still fresh in the people’s minds. These “alter and abolish”provisions connotated revolution as the means of change. However, no such “alter and abolish” provision exists in the U.S. Constitution from what I have read in the Constitution. Based upon that knowledge, I believe that the framers believed that the ability to amend the Constitution
