Proposed: by Congress (any house) or by a National Convention assembled at the request of 2/3s of the states legislatures.
Ratified: 2/3s of the state legislatures or by 2/3s of those National Conventions assembled at the request of the states.
The framers provided formal methods for amending the Constitution. The United States Constitution, ratified on June 21, 1788, has a total of 27 amendments.
There are actually four methods.An Amendment may be proposed by two-thirds vote in each house of congress, and ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.An Amendment may be proposed by Congress and then ratified by conventions, called for that purpose in three-fourths of the state3.An Amendment may be proposed by a national convention, called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of state legislatures, and then ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.An amendment may be proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the states.Answered directly from the "American Government" Textbook.
Two methods of proposing constitutional amendments in the United States are: first, by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress, which is the most commonly used method; and second, through a national constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures, though this method has never been used. Once proposed, amendments must be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or conventions to become part of the Constitution.
In Missouri, amendments to the state constitution can be proposed through two primary methods: legislative proposal and citizen initiative. A legislative proposal requires a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of the Missouri General Assembly. Alternatively, citizens can propose amendments by gathering a specified number of signatures from registered voters, after which the proposed amendment is placed on the ballot for public vote.
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Article V of the US Constitution contains a most unusual option; unusual because it has never been used in the history of the country. Why? Because Congress refuses to obey this provision, which says that Congress "shall" convene a convention of state delegates with the power to propose amendments to the Constitution. The one and only explicit requirement has long been satisfied. Much more than 2/3 of the states have asked for a convention. In fact, over 750 applications from all 50 states have been submitted; they can be examine on the website of Friends of the Article V Convention at foavc.org.
Some refer to an amendment that results in a change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself as a "formal amendment," but there is no such term. Amendments that have been proposed by both Houses of Congress jointly, and have gone through the formal process of ratification by two-thirds of the states become amendments to the Constitution.
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It proposes and passes amendments.
It is not necessary to amend the Constitution. It is a complete document. From time to time, people felt it would be beneficial to amend the Constitution in order to clarify the intent of the original Constitution.
Because the need to "repeal" amendments was sometimes necessary and desired by the people, as in the 18th amendment.
Article V of the Constitution prescribes how an amendment can become a part of the Constitution. While there are two ways, only one has ever been used. All 27 Amendments have been ratified after two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment. The other method of passing an amendment requires a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States. That Convention can propose as many amendments as it deems necessary. Those amendments must be approved by three-fourths of the states. The actual wording of Article V is: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."