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4th Amendment as it makes a search warrant needed to search a home.
AnswerAccording to Article V of the US Constitution, 3/4 of the states are needed to ratify a Constitutional amendment. As there are currently 50 states, 38 states are needed to do this.
two third of congress
51%
Because a convention is not needed to make an amendment. That is the beauty of the constitution.
{Led by Phyllis Schlafly, enough concerns about the amendment were presented that the Equal Rights Amendment was unable to garner sufficient states for ratification, falling three short of the necessary 38.}
He used his influence to get the 2/3 votes needed in the House Of Representatives. Without him, the amendment would have been delayed.
It did not pass because it was not ratified by 38 states (or 3/4 of the states) which it needed to be to become an amendment.
No branch of Congress ratifies an amendment. 2/3s of both houses (House and Senate) propose an amendment and send the proposed amendment out to the states for ratification. 3/4s of the states are needed to "ratify" an amendment. This is found in Article 5 of the Constitution.
38 states or more
Warrants are needed to search for evidence in homes