FormalAmendment正式的修正案

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1、FormalAmendmentChapter3Section2KeyTermsAmendmentRatificationFormalAmendmentBillofRightsProcessofConstitutionalchangeByformalamendmentandByotherinformalmeansAmendment-thatisforchangeinitswrittenwordsArticleIVsetouttwodifferentmethodsofratificationofamendmentsFourpossiblemethodsofformala

2、mendmentFirstMethodMaybeproposedbya2/3’svoteineachhouseofCongressand3/4’svoteoftheStateslegislatures(38)Of27amendments26wereadoptedinthismanner.SecondMethodMaybeproposedbyCongressRatifiedbyconventionscalledforthispurposein3/4’softheStatesOnly21stAmendmentwasadoptedthiswayWhenCongresspr

3、oposesandamendmentitchoosesthemethodofratificationConventionswereusedfor21stbecausedelegateswerepopularlyelectedforconventionThirdMethodMaybeproposedbynationalconventioncalledbyCongressAttherequestof2/3’sofStateslegislatures(34)Itmustthenberatifiedby3/4’sofStateslegislatureCongresshasn

4、otcalledthistypeofconventionFourthMethodMaybeproposedbyanationalconventionTheratifiedbyconventionsin3/4’softheStatesThisisthewaytheconstitutionwasadopted.FederalismandPopularSovereigntyProposalstakeplaceatanationallevelRatificationStatebyStateRepresentsthepeople’ssovereignwillSomecriti

5、cizeamendmentsbeingsenttothestateinsteadofaconventionElectedtoofficefordifferentreasonsWerenotchosenfortheamendmentProposedAmendmentsOnerestrictiononthesubjectswithwhichanamendmentmaydealArticleVdeclaresthat“NoStatewithoutitsConsent,shallbedeprivedofitsequalsuffrageintheSenate”Presiden

6、tdoesnotsignanamendmentTheirinfluencemayaffectthesuccessProposedAmendmentsStaterejection-canlatereconsiderOnceapprovesthatcannotbeundone15,000jointresolutionssince178933havebeensenttotheStates27havebeenfullyratifiedOneunratifiedwasofferedbyCongressin1789Alongwith10proposals(BillofRight

7、s)7thamendmentin1992(Congressionalpayraise)1789unratifieddealtwithdistributionofseatintheHouseofRepresentativeOthershaveincluded:1861prohibitanyamendmentrelatingtoslavery1924Regulatechildlabor1972EqualRightsamendment(ERA)fellthreestatesshortin19821978GiveWashingtonD.C.congressionalse