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Yes, by amending the Constitution.
In a nascent democracy the first step is to create and establish a process whereby delegates to a constitutional convention cam be selected. This can be a muddled affair. Who, for example, has the authority to convene such a convention? In a nation with an established constitution, that constitution should include the procedure for amending the existing constitution. A convention may be organized to propose amendments but there is still a ratification step whereby the constituent provinces or sub-states formally accept the constitution.
Article V of the U.S. Constitution allows amendments to be proposed by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures. This is a very uncommon method and has not been used for any of the present amendments.
a convention made up of two-thirds of the states can propose an amendment.
The main idea of Article 5 is about the process and requirements for amending the United States Constitution. It outlines how amendments can be proposed and ratified either by Congress or through a Constitutional Convention, emphasizing the difficulty of changing the Constitution to ensure that it reflects the will of the people.
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An amendment can be proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three fourths of the States.
1. an amendment may be proposed be national convention. 2. then must be ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures.
An amending formula is a procedure for changing the Constitution.
John R. Vile has written: 'Pleasing the Court' 'The Constitutional Convention of 1787' 'Encyclopedia of constitutional amendments, proposed amendments, and amending issues, 1789-2002' -- subject(s): Constitutional amendments 'Essential Supreme Court decisions' -- subject(s): Constitutional law, Digests 'The Theory and Practice of Constitutional Change in America' 'Great American Lawyers' 'Contemporary questions surrounding the constitutional amending process' -- subject(s): Constitutional history, Constitutional amendments
Article 5: Amending the Constitution Two Thirds of both houses
The two steps in the second method of amending the Constitution are: proposal by Congress and ratification by conventions.