The only constitutional amendment ratified by approval of conventions in three-fourths of the states is the 21st Amendment. Ratified in 1933, it repealed the 18th Amendment, which had established Prohibition in the United States. The 21st Amendment was unique in that it was the first and only amendment to be ratified by state conventions rather than by state legislatures.
All Constitutional amendments to date have been ratified after approval by two-thirds of the House and Senate, as well as affirmation by three-fourths of the states. Another, unused, method involves two-thirds of state legislatures calling a Constitutional Convention, with three-fourths of the states approving the amendment.
No, as of now, no constitutional amendment has been ratified by a convention called for by the states. All amendments to the U.S. Constitution have been ratified either by state legislatures or by state conventions specifically called for that purpose. The process of state conventions for ratification remains untested, and the only instances of such conventions have occurred during the initial drafting of the Constitution itself.
A constitutional amendment is ratified through a process that involves two steps. First, the amendment must be proposed, typically by a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Once proposed, the amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the states. This process ensures that the amendment has widespread support before becoming part of the Constitution.
Only the 21st Amendment (repealing the 18th) was ratified by conventions in the states.
The twentieth amendment was ratified in 1933.
The Twenty-first Amendment, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, is the only constitutional amendment to be ratified by state conventions (Vile, 1996, p. 318).References:Vile, John R. (1996). Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-1995. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc.
The branch of government that amends the constitution for state approval is the legislative branch. In the United States, an amendment can be proposed by a two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or by a constitutional convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures. Once proposed, the amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the states.
Only the 21st Amendment (repealing the 18th) was ratified by conventions in the states.
A proposed amendment must be ratified by 3/4 of the individual states.Only the 21st Amendment was ratified by special state conventions called for the purpose, the second method allowed by Article V of the US Constitution.
It was ratified by state conventions rather than by state legislatures.A+:)
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in 1913.
2/3 vote