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For the US Constitution, states must ratify any amendments. Typically amendment are passed by Congress and sent to the state legislatures, where 3/4 of these legislatures must approve the amendment in order for it to be ratified and become part of the Constitution.
For state constitutions, voters within the state must approve any amendments passed by the legislature or by any convention called for that purpose.
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Can the Judicial Branch ratify amendments?
The Judicial Branch cannot ratify amendments. That is the duty of the individual states.
How are new amendments ratified?
New amendments are ratified by the people as they are represented by their states. Three fourths of the states must ratify an amendment in order for it to take effect. No group or individual has any veto power over the ratification of an amendment by the states. Amendments can be initiated by the government, as have all the amendments ratified so far. Less known is the fact that the states themselves, according to the Constitution, can initiate amendments independent of government. In this case, the government's only involvement is to instruct the states whether they can ratify amendments through state legislatures, or by state conventions. There is no appeal when the states ratify an amendment. The only authority that can enact an amendment or repeal one is The People.
What is to approve amendments or treaties?
ratify
What is the formal role of the judicial branch in amending the Constitution?
it has no formal role in the process (apex)
Ratification of amendments to the Constitution is a power of who?
2/3 of the states must ratify an amendment before it becomes law.
Who decides how states will ratify the amendment?
who decides how states will ratify the amendments?congresspresidentjusticesstatesthe best answer is congress
Two ways to ratify amendments?
Amendments to WHAT? Government documents or commercial business documents.
Which states did not have to separately ratify the 14th and 15th amendments in order to join the union?
Alaska did not have to separately ratify the 14th and 15th amendments in order to join the union.
Who decided how states ratify amendments?
The system for ratifying Amendments is detailed within the Constitution therefore, by extension, the original creators of the Constitution decide the system by which states ratify Amendments. You can find many examples of these "Founding Fathers" online.
How are constitution and ratify alike?
Ratify is what is necessary to change or make a new amendment to the constitution. If 2/3rds of the states vote to accept the amendment, the amendment passes and is changed or added to the constitutional amendments.
Which article tells how to propose amendments and ratify them?
Article V or 5
How many amendments ave been ratify by the state conventions?
27 of them
