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Whenever 2/3 of the House of Representatives agree. Article 5
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BeauArticle V creates a process that makes it difficult but not impossible to amend the Constitution; an amendment can only take effect if it first passes Congress by a two-thirds supermajority (or is passed by the legislatures of two-thirds of all the states), then is subsequently ratified by three-fourths of the states.
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What institution decides when an amendment to the constitution should be proposed and considered?
Whenever 2/3 of the House of Representatives agree. Article 5
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.
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.
What process did framers put into place to change the constitution?
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.
How are amendments to a state constitution ratified?
It depends on the document. Amendments are ratified according to the rules set forth in the document being amended, or in statutes or regulations, depending upon what it is you are trying to amend. Amendments to a contract are ratified by mutual consent. Amendments to corporate bylaws are amended by the necessary percent of votes of the necessary quorum at a meeting called for the purpose of making the amendment. Amendments to the US Constitution are proposed and ratified according to the process listed in Article 5 of the Constitution, typically passage of the amendment by a 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress, followed by ratification by state legislatures in at least 3/4 of the individual states.
