All Constitutional amendments to date have been ratified after approval by two-thirds of the House and Senate, as well as affirmation by three-fourths of the states. Another, unused, method involves two-thirds of state legislatures calling a Constitutional Convention, with three-fourths of the states approving the amendment.
An amendment to the United States Constitution must be ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures, or of constitutional conventions specially elected in each of the states.
They must be ratified by nine states before it would become law.
State Conventions
2/3 house, senate, then president
two-thirds of the both houses
a two thirds vote of congress
Amendments to the constitution must be ratified by the states. To become part of the Constitution the Amendment must be approved by three-fourths of the states.
Your question is very confused. Amendments are ratified, they do not ratify.
only 27 of the 31 amendments proposed have been ratified
After being approved by Congress and before the final date for ratification proposed in the amendment.
there are currently 27 ratified amendments
26. The 27th Amendment, proposed in 1789, was not ratified completely until 1992, almost 203 years later.
Adding to or changing the Constitution It is called "amending" it. There are currently 27 ratified amendments to the US Constitution.
The United States Constitution was written in 1787 and ratified in 1788. It has 27 amendments, but the first 10 were ratified simultaneously in 1791 so it was amended one time with ten amendments. The other 17 amendments were ratified one at a time. So the US Constitution has 27 amendments but has been amended 18 times.
It details how amendments are proposed and ratified.
The Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments) were part of the constitution when it was ratified
It details how amendments are proposed and ratified.
It details how amendments are proposed and ratified.