Article V
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Article V is the section of the United States Constitution that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments.
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| instanceOf |
article of the United States Constitution
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| adoptedOn |
June 21, 1788
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| appliesTo |
federal government of the United States
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| author |
Framers of the United States Constitution
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| cameIntoForce |
March 4, 1789
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| category |
Amendment procedures
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United States constitutional law → |
| citedAs |
Art. V U.S. Const.
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| country |
United States of America
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| dateDrafted |
1787
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| defines |
process for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution
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process for ratifying amendments to the U.S. Constitution → |
| distinguishedFrom |
informal constitutional change through interpretation or practice
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| governs |
formal alteration of constitutional text
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| grantsPowerTo |
Congress of the United States
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national constitutional convention → state legislatures → state ratifying conventions → |
| hasFeature |
allows Congress to choose the mode of ratification
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contains entrenched clause protecting state equality in the Senate → no role for the President in the formal amendment process → sets supermajority thresholds for amendment → |
| interpretedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| language |
English
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| legalStatus |
supreme law of the land component
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| limits |
power to amend certain clauses relating to the slave trade and direct taxes before 1808
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| locatedInDocument |
main body of the United States Constitution
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| partOf |
United States Constitution
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| prohibits |
depriving any state of its equal suffrage in the Senate without that state’s consent
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| proposalMethod |
convention called on application of two-thirds of the state legislatures
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two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress → |
| protects |
equal suffrage of states in the Senate without their consent
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| ratificationMethod |
conventions in three-fourths of the states
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legislatures of three-fourths of the states → |
| relatedTo |
Article I of the United States Constitution
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Article III of the United States Constitution → Article VI of the United States Constitution → |
| requires |
application of two-thirds of state legislatures to call a convention for proposing amendments
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ratification by three-fourths of the states for an amendment to become valid → two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate to propose an amendment → |
| sectionOf |
original unamended Constitution
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| subject |
constitutional amendment process
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| usedFor |
adoption of post–Civil War Reconstruction Amendments
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adoption of the Bill of Rights → adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment → adoption of the Twenty-Second Amendment → adoption of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment → |
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United States Constitution
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amendmentProcessDescribedIn |
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United States Constitution
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Article VII of the United States Constitution
("Article V of the United States Constitution")
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