When a constitutional amendment has been ratified it means that the amendment had been passed or agreed upon by 3/4 of congress and is now being made a legal amendmen to our Constitution
Only the States can ratify a constitutional amendment. The President can veto legislation putting the amendment up for ratification, but can be overridden by the normal process in the Senate.
In constitutional amendments, the single subject style of proposing amendment is mostly applied. Where several subjects are massed together in one legislative measure the ratifying state legislatures are prone to applying the item veto to signify their preferences in any such constitution amendment proposal. And where an item veto is applied to any matter in that proposal by a ratifying state legislature, the entire measure fails.
by passage in a national convention called by Congress and held in two-thirds of the states.
When ratifying a formal amendment to the Constitution, the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least three-fourths of the ratifying bodies.
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No rejecting means not passing and ratifying means passing so not ratifying means not passing which is the same as the rejecting. But rember just because one state rejects a amendment doesn't mean it will not be passed.
What is the "constitutional orphan" of the Tenth Amendment?
The last Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. It is the 26th Amendment. It was ratified in 1971.
Constitutional amendments in the United States are ratified by a three-fourths majority of state legislatures or by a ratifying convention held in three-fourths of the states. The final authority rests with the states, not the federal government.
If you mean by the president, or by the executive branch, no. There is a pretty intense process to repealing, as well as ratifying an amendment, because amendments are pretty much ultimate law. I pretty much gave you a dumbed down version, you can also read the constitution.
They worked for a constitutional amendment-APEX