becuase obama is president
ratification of the amendment requires three fourths of the states to ratify.
Three-fourths of the states must ratify (approve) an amendment before it becomes part of the Constitution.
An amendment to the US Constitution requires three-fourths of the states to ratify it before it becomes law. Three-fourths of 50 equals 38 (rounded up from 37.5).
Three/ fourths
Three-fourths (38) of the states must ratify an amendment in order to add it to the Constitution.
That would be ratification by at least 38 states.
To ratify a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution, three-fourths of state legislatures, or 38 out of 50 states, must approve it. This requirement ensures that any amendment has broad support across the country. Alternatively, an amendment can also be ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the states.
In the Constitution it says that 3/4 of the States have to agree to ratify an amendment."....when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States..."
Constitutional amendments in the United States are ratified by a three-fourths majority of state legislatures or by a ratifying convention held in three-fourths of the states. The final authority rests with the states, not the federal government.
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES
To ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, three-fourths of the states must approve it. This means that 38 out of 50 states are required for ratification. The process ensures a significant consensus among the states before any constitutional change can take place.
When the amendment was proposed in 1789, it required ratification by three-fourths of the states, which amounted to 9 out of the 13 states. By 1992, the number of states in the United States had increased to 50, meaning that 38 states were needed for ratification of any amendment.