How to Amend the Constitution:
amend (v.): to change for the better; improve.
ratify (v.): to approve and give formal sanction to; confirm.
ratify (v.): to approve and give formal sanction to; confirm.
1. Propose An Amendment
Either Congress or the States can propose an amendment ot the Constitution.
Regardless of how the amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by the States.
Only 33 amendments have received a two-thirds vote from both Houses of Congress. Of those, only 27 have been ratified by the States. Learn More: |
|