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Which branch of congress has the power to ratify an amendment to the constitution?
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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.
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What amendment took 203 years to ratify and what does it do?
the Madison Amendment (Amendment 27, which bars a sitting Congress from raising its own compensation). The 27th Amendment took 203 years to ratify; it was deemed "sufficiently contemporaneous" by Congress and was added to the Constitution in 1992.
What are two ways to ratify an amendment to the constitution?
An amendment is an addition, deletion of modification of the contents of the U.S. Constitution. It can be ratified through a majority vote of two-thirds in both legislature houses, and by a constitutional convention.
Rule requiring that nine states ratify the constitution to make it a working document?
The rule requiring that nine states ratify the constitution to make it a working document is the Fourth Amendment to the US constitution. It was tabled before Congress in 1789.
What amendment to the constitution to 74003 days to ratify?
27th amendment
Can a national convention ratify an amendment to the constitution?
No
Which branch of government amends the Constitution of the US?
The Legislative Branch amends the Constitution, but not alone. Three-quarters of the states must ratify a proposed amendment.
Why it is easy to amend the constitution?
The amendments to the constitution have to be ratified by states. Another method, used just once, was that 2/3 of both houses of Congress have to ratify the amendment.
What fraction of the houses of congress is necessary to propose an amendment to the constitution?
Congress cannot amend the US Constitution on its own authority. A 2/3 vote by both houses may authorize that a proposed amendment be sent to the states for ratification. If 3/4 of the states ratify the amendment it becomes effective.
Who decides if an amendment is passed or not?
Article V in the Constitution spells out the ways how a Constitution can be amendment or changed. All of the 27 amendments have been proposed by two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress, and only the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified by constitutional conventions of the states. All other amendments have been ratified by state legislature.
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.
What power gave the Supreme Court the status to balance the other branches?
The Executive Branch does not enforce its decisions, Congress and States can ratify a new amendment to change the US Constitution, and the S.C. only "rules" on the cases that come before it.
What percentage of the Congress and of the state conventions is needed to ratify and amend the Constitution of the US?
The Amendment process is the formal way to change the Constitution. An amendment may be proposed by two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Ratification of an amendment takes three-fourths of the states to approve.
