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How an amendment gets passed in your government?
The authority to amend the constitution comes from Article V of the constitution. After congress proposes an amendment the Archivist of the United States is charged with the responsibility of ratification. The constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed by congress with two-thirds majority vote in both the house and senate or by a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of the state legislatures. None of the 27 amendments have been proposed by the convention method. The congress proposes an amendment in the form of a joint resolution. The president doesn't have a constitutional role so it doesn't go to him for approval.
Changing the Constitution?
The Constitution cannot be changed. The rules an provisions may be amended from time to time for clarification, but only so long as the amendment is not in direct conflict with the original intent of the founding document. If an amendment is in conflict with a rule or principle expressed in the Constitution it is unconstitutional, and therefore null and void from the time of its passage.
Who proposes amendments for the constitution?
Normally the Congress proposes and passes amendments to the Constitution. This requires a two-thirds vote of the members present in Congress (and assumes a quorum is present). The passed amendment must then be ratified by 2/3 of the states (legislatures or conventions). However, Article 5 of the Constitution also allows states to propose amendments, forming a convention by the vote of at least 2/3 of the state legislatures of the country. This convention would produce an amendment in the same way as the Congress, and it would then be considered for ratification by each individual state as usual. This method has never been utilized.
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.
Who proposes amendments to the Missouri Constitution?
The everyday citizens of Missouri propose the amendments by appealing to their representatives of congress.
Who decides how long the ratification process for a proposes amendment will take?
Congress. They have to allow an unspecified "reasonable amount of time" for the states to consider new Amendments to the Constitution and decide whether to ratify the proposal. A typical deadline is seven years.
What branch of the federal government is able to propose an admenment?
2/3 of congress (made up of the house of representatives and the senate) proposes an amendment
Who aproves admendments to the constitution?
The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures. None of the 27 amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by constitutional convention. The Congress proposes an amendment in the form of a joint resolution. Since the President does not have a constitutional role in the amendment process, the joint resolution does not go to the White House for signature or approval. A proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the States (38 of 50 States).
If congress proposes a law does three-fourths of the states must ratify it or it will not become a law?
The process you are referring to is the ratification of a constitutional amendment, not a regular law. According to Article V of the U.S. Constitution, if Congress proposes a constitutional amendment, it must be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the states in order to become law. This is a higher threshold than the usual process for passing laws, which only requires a simple majority in both houses of Congress.
How can the state legislatures propose an amendment to the Constitution?
Go out and get 35 of the 50 states to agree with the future amendment
Is anyone rewriting U S constitution and Bill of Rights?
No, no one is rewriting the US Constitution. Occasionally Congress proposes amendments (changes) to it, but these amendments must be approved by three fourths of the States
Which amendment basically proposes that the powers not specifically written in the constitution as part of the expressed powers are reserced to the states?
The 10th amendment; The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. (Don't forget or to the people).
