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The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
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 ...
8. An amendment of the Constitution cannot be made unless a year has passed since the rejection by the Assembly of a proposed amendment on the same issue or three years have passed from its rejection by referendum. Article 177 is the only article under this part of the Albanian constitution.
The Constitution includes four sections: an introductory paragraph titled Preamble, a list of seven Articles that define the government's framework, an untitled closing endorsement with the signatures of 39 framers, and 27 amendments that have been adopted under Article V (see below).
The controversial measure, known as Amendment 2, asked voters if they wanted to change the state constitution to let the legislature spend tax dollars on educational opportunities outside the ...
Proposals to amend the United States Constitution introduced in but not approved by Congress should be included in Category:Proposed amendments to the United States Constitution. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Eighteenth ...