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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment (proposed 1978) would have granted the District of Columbia full representation in the United States Congress as if it were a state, repealed the Twenty-third Amendment, granted the District unconditional Electoral College voting rights, and allowed its participation in the process by which the ...
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.
The text of the proposed amendment reads: “The general assembly may enact laws that regulate the provision of abortion after Fetal Viability,” with the exception of care that a medical ...
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 ...