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Congress initiates the formal constitution amendment process by a two-thirds majority vote of each house.

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What is the constituent power of congress?

The non-legislative power of Constitution-making and the Constitutional Amendment process.


How has Congress contributed to the process of constitutional change and development?

they can take any amendment and change its meaning to what they want it to say.


What are the two branches that are not involved in the amendment process?

The Executive and the Judicial branches are not involved in the constitutional amendment process.The Constitution only requires Congress and the States to take part.


Is the president the only person of the united states that can propose an amendment to the constitution?

No. Any citizen of the United States can propose a Constitutional Amendment, but it won't formally enter the process of amending the Constitution until either Congress or the State Legislatures take it up. That process doesn't include any input from the President at all. In fact, the President may share his opinion of a Constitutional Amendment, but he may not veto it or in any way interfere with the process. Furthermore, the Courts have no jurisdiction over the process of ratifying a Constitutional Amendment either. If you consider Congress and the State Legislatures to be representatives of the people's will, then only the People may formally ratify a Constitutional Amendment. This is best represented by the 18th and 21st Amendments and how the People decided to amend the Constitution and then decided to undo the same Amendment.


Which amendment process is demonstrated in the Twenty-First Amendment as the only amendment proposed by Congress and ratified by state convention?

It is the FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS for A+ :)


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.


Which amendment process is demonstrated in the legislation that has been passed by Congress under the necessary and proper clause?

informal amendment process


Can the President introduse ratify or veto a constitutional amendment?

No - the president has no official role in the amendment process.


President vetoing or ratifying a constitutional amendment?

Only the States can ratify a constitutional amendment. The President can veto legislation putting the amendment up for ratification, but can be overridden by the normal process in the Senate.


Where does the amendment process start?

In congress or state legislatures


What percentage of congress has to favor an amendment process?

75%


The Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing due-process rights for all citizens including minorities was?

the 14th amendment