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Article: The other way to amend the constitution: the article v. constitutional convention amendment process.
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- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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I. INTRODUCTION
The Constitution specifies two different ways for amendments to the Constitution to be proposed. The first method allows Congress to propose amendments when such amendments are approved by at least a two-thirds vote in both houses. (1) The States can then ratify the proposed amendments. The second method is less familiar to most people, as it has never been used. This method requires Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose amendments when two-thirds of the States apply for such a convention. (2) Many questions exist about the use of this amendment process. May the convention's scope be limited to certain subject matters? If so, who ...
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