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How can the constituiton be amended?
ratification of the amendment requires three fourths of the states to ratify.
If you were a member of a state legislature what would you need to do to get an amendment ratified?
Three-fourths of the states must ratify (approve) an amendment before it becomes part of the Constitution.
How many states have to ratify?
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).
What proportion of the states’ legislatures must ratify an amendment to make it part of the Constitution?
Three/ fourths
How many states must accept an amendment before it becomes law?
Three-fourths (38) of the states must ratify an amendment in order to add it to the Constitution.
What is the last step in ratifying the amendment?
That would be ratification by at least 38 states.
How many states have to agree to anamendment?
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..."
Who has the final authority to ratify a Constitutional amendment?
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.
What fraction of states must approve an amendment to the the US Constitution?
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES
How many states must ratify an amendement for it to become part of the constitution?
2/3 of both houses The above is incorrect. For an amendment to become part of the Constitution it must be ratified by 3/4th's of the States. With 50 states, this means 38 states must ratify and accept the amendment--this can take years and some amendments have never been ratified. It does take 2/3rd's of both houses of Congress to pass an amendment before it goes to the states to be ratified.
How many of the states had to ratify the US in order for it to take effect?
three fourths
What. must happen for an amendment. to become part of the constitution?
This is what I put for my homework sheet and I got the answer right. The answer is.......(this is how you have to start off okay? ) Three-fourths of the states must ratify, or officially accept, the amendment. Only then is the amendment apart of the Constitution.
