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Article V, United States Constitution
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Article V of the United States Constitution outlines the process of amending the Constitution. Under Article V, Congress can propose amendments with two-thirds approval from both the U.S. House and Senate. States can also initiate changes to the Constitution if two-thirds of the state legislatures call for a convention of states to propose amendments. Regardless of the proposal process, three-fourths of the states have to approve any proposed amendment before it can take effect.
Article V
Note: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution in its original form. Sections that are linked have since been amended or superseded.
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The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. |
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