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A constitutional amendment is a modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity. Amendments are often interwoven into the relevant sections of an existing constitution, directly altering the text.
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.
[19] [20] The first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government within the U.S. states. [21] [22] The majority of the 17 later amendments expand individual civil rights protections. Others address issues related to ...
List of constitutional amendments. Amendments to the Constitution of Bangladesh; Constitutional amendments under the French Fifth Republic; List of amendments of the Constitution of India; Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland; List of amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia; Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan
Some proposed amendments are introduced over and over again in different sessions of Congress. It is also common for a number of identical resolutions to be offered on issues that have widespread public and congressional support. Since 1789, Congress has sent 33 constitutional amendments to the states for ratification. Of these, 27 have been ...
This includes specific amendments to constitutions, such as the United States Constitution, or it may include theoretical, legal, or procedural aspects of amending a constitution. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
Of the 33 amendments submitted to the states for ratification, the state convention method has been used for only one, the Twenty-first Amendment. [6] In United States v. Sprague (1931), the Supreme Court affirmed the authority of Congress to decide which mode of ratification will be used for each individual constitutional amendment. [14]
Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in ...