Amendments to the Constitution may originate from either body of Congress or from a Convention called into creation by two thirds of the state legislatures. Amendments from the former must pass both bodies of Congress with a two thirds majority at which point the Amendment is considered proposed to the states and the ratification process begins. For proposed Amendments to become law three fourths of the states' Legislatures must approve ratification of the Amendment. Currently this requires 38 of the 50 states.
The President plays no official role in the passage or rejection of Amendments to the Constitution. The President has no veto power in the process.
a convention made up of two-thirds of the states can propose an amendment.
The two steps in the second method of amending the Constitution are: proposal by Congress and ratification by conventions.
The 2nd Amendment refers to the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution. It does not compare to the Constitution, it is part OF the Constitution.
Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland happened in 1941.
First, the amendment must go to Congress and it must have a 2/3 pass. Second, the state legislatures must have a 3/4 pass.
The two steps in the second method of amending the Constitution are: proposal by Congress and ratification by conventions.
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution happened in 1951.
The Second Amendment deals with Americans right to bear arms (possess guns)
The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, and there is no right to hunt declared anywhere in the Constitution.
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The second amendment of the US Constitution.
The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the US.