what are two ways of ratifying an amendment to the constitution?
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So, there's two possible methods: State legislatures can ratify amendments or a state can call a convention to ratify an amendment. Three-fourths of the states must ratify an amendment for it to become part of the Constitution.
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['The Preamble.', 'The Articles (7)', 'The Amendments (27)']
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Constitutional Amendment Process. ... The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.
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Article Seven of the United States Constitution sets the number of state ratifications necessary in order for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the states may ratify it.
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No alterations can be made to the Articles without the agreement of Congress and the confirmation by each of the state legislatures. Each of the delegates that sign this document has the power to commit the state that they represent to all of the Articles and their specific contents.
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Constitution Amendment Bills. 6. Bills seeking to amend all other provisions of the Constitution including those enumerated in the proviso to article 368(2) are called by the title 'Constitution Amendment Bills'. These Bills can be introduced in either House of Parliament.
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A Constitutional Amendment refers to the modification of the Constitution of a nation or state . ... They are important because,Constitution can be changed according to the needs and aspirations of the people.
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['The renaming of a state requires Parliamentary approval under Article 3 and 4 of the Constitution.', 'A bill for renaming a state may be introduced in the Parliament on the recommendation of the President.']
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Constitutional Amendment Process. The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution. ... None of the 27 amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by constitutional convention. The Congress proposes an amendment in the form of a joint resolution.
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Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution, the nation's frame of government, may be altered. Under Article V, the process to alter the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments, and subsequent ratification.
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Thirty-three amendments to the United States Constitution have been approved by the Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Twenty-seven of these amendments have been ratified and are now part of the Constitution.
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Congress must call a convention for proposing amendments upon application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the states (i.e., 34 of 50 states). Amendments proposed by Congress or convention become valid only when ratified by the legislatures of, or conventions in, three-fourths of the states (i.e., 38 of 50 states).
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The Amendment Process for the US Constitution is a difficult one, and it was designed to be so. ... The second method is slightly different, and has never been used to initiate constitutional amendments. A constitutional convention can be called to draft amendments, if it is wished by two thirds of all the states.
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["By letting constitutional morality guide the Court's decision instead of popular morality, while interpreting the constitution.", 'By locating the content and contours of constitutional morality so that it is not being ignorantly and dangerously used in courts.']
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Amendments are specifically to the Constitution, and very hard to pass. Laws come from the Constitution, but can't change it. To pass a law, you either need half plus one of both houses of Congress and the President; or 2/3 of both houses of Congress (to override a veto).
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['Article I - Legislative Branch.', 'Article II - Executive Branch.', 'Article III - Judicial Branch.', 'Article IV - Relationship between States, and states and Federal Government.', 'Article V – Amending the Constitution.', 'Article VI – Federal Supremacy (Federal laws are supreme)', 'Article VII – Ratification Procedure.']
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First, the proposal by congress (by two-thirds votes of both houses) or proposal from a convention called by two-thirds of the states is passed. ... The amendment is proposed by a vote of two-thirds of both houses in Congress and the 2/3 state legislatures call for a national convention.