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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Article V canonical 2
Article V of the United States Constitution 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the United States Constitution
adoptedOn June 21, 1788
appliesTo United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
author Framers of the United States Constitution
cameIntoForce March 4, 1789
category Amendment procedures
United States constitutional law
citedAs Art. V U.S. Const.
country United States of America
dateDrafted 1787
defines process for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution
process for ratifying amendments to the U.S. Constitution
distinguishedFrom informal constitutional change through interpretation or practice
governs formal alteration of constitutional text
grantsPowerTo United States Congress
surface form: Congress of the United States

national constitutional convention
state legislatures
state ratifying conventions
hasFeature allows Congress to choose the mode of ratification
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
language English
legalStatus supreme law of the land component
limits power to amend certain clauses relating to the slave trade and direct taxes before 1808
locatedInDocument main body of the United States Constitution
partOf United States Constitution
prohibits depriving any state of its equal suffrage in the Senate without that state’s consent
proposalMethod convention called on application of two-thirds of the state legislatures
two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress
protects equal suffrage of states in the Senate without their consent
ratificationMethod conventions in three-fourths of the states
legislatures of three-fourths of the states
relatedTo Article I of the United States Constitution
Article III
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution

Article VI
surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution
requires application of two-thirds of state legislatures to call a convention for proposing amendments
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
subject constitutional amendment process
usedFor adoption of post–Civil War Reconstruction Amendments
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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Article VII relatedTo Article V
subject surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Article V of the United States Constitution