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Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.
When the states have ratified the proposed amendment, then it becomes part of the Constitution. “…(O)ne or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by Congress…” to the states.
Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
The ratification method is chosen by Congress for each amendment. [126] State ratifying conventions were used only once, for the Twenty-first Amendment. [127] Presently, the Archivist of the United States is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S. Code § 106b.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5. Voters will be faced with 6 constitutional amendment proposals on the ballot.
25th Amendment was proposed to address issues of vacancy and temporary incapacity to serve as U.S. president. This is part of a Constitution series.
Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amendment was first proposed during the 110th Congress as House Joint ...
Amendments to the Constitution subsequent to the Bill of Rights cover a wide range of subjects. Several have added significant content to the original document. One of the most far-reaching is the Fourteenth, ratified in 1868, which establishes a clear and simple definition of citizenship and guarantees