The Constitution of the United States, Article. V. Amendment
The United States Constitution
Article. V. (Amendment)
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.
Also see Amending the Constitution (CongressionalGlossary.com).
More
- The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription – The National Archives
- United States Constitution: Texts, Commentaries, Historical Texts and Judicial Decisions – Law Library of Congress
- The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation – FDsys
- Amendment
- Article Five of the United States Constitution – Wikipedia
- Article V – Mode of Amendment – Findlaw
- “Victims’ Rights Amendment: Proposals to Amend the United States Constitution in the 106th Congress,” CRS Report RL30525
- “A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Background and Congressional Options,” CRS Report 97-379
- “Flag Protection: A Brief History and Summary of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Proposed Constitutional Amendment,” CRS Report 95-709
- “Constitutional Conventions: Political and Legal Questions,” CRS Report IB80062
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