The first state to ratify the Constitution was Delaware in 1787. The ninth state to ratify was New Hampshire on June 21, 1788.
In the United States the legislative branch of government, Congress, ratifies laws.
The President ratifies treaties after receiving the "advice and consent" of 2/3 of the Senate (not the full Congress). It is a common misunderstanding that the Senate ratifies treaties.
Senate
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.
The president can make treaties, but Congress must ratify them.
Congress proposes and ratifies laws and amendments. Congress declares war. They make laws, represent their constituents, and serve on committees. Congress decides how to spend our money and shapes foreign policy.
The president can make treaties, but Congress must ratify them.
It does not go into effect until the US Senate ratifies it.. . . then the Congress has to ratify (approve) it.The senate may approve or disapprove the treaty.
Article 2 section 2 of the US constitution "He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments."
rhode island ratifies the constitution
The Senate ratifies treaties entered into by the executive branch of government.
the person who delivared the Ohio constitution to congress