Formal Amendments

The Big Idea The Framers of the Constitution prepared for changing times by providing for the document’s formal amendment.

The Amendment Process By being part of the Constitution (the Supreme Law of the Land) Amendments → have more power than average laws There are 4 methods of getting an amendment passed Amendments proposed on a National level still has to be approved by the States

1st Method ⅔ vote in both houses of Congress Ratified by ¾ of the states 38 states 26 amendments have been ratified this way

2nd Method Amendment proposed by Congress Ratified by conventions in ¾ of the States 21st Amendment was ratified this way

3rd Method The amendment is proposed by a national convention the convention is called by Congress at the request of ⅔ of the state

4th Method An Amendment is proposed by a National Convention Ratified by ¾ of the states This is how the Constitution was created

Also Article V of the Constitution “No state without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate” This means → every state has to be given 2 senators NO MATTER WHAT If a state rejects an Amendment it may later reconsider and ratify it but not the other way around

Amendments 1-10 Bill of Rights we have already learned this :)

Amendment 11 Immunity of States from certain lawsuits Amendment 12 Changes in electoral college procedures Abolition of Slavery Amendment 13 Citizenship, due process, equal protection Amendment 14

No denial of vote because of race, color or previous enslavement Power of Congress to tax incomes Amendment 16 Amendment 15 Popular election of US Senators Prohibition of Alcohol Amendment 17 Amendment 18

Woman Suffrage Change of dates for start of presidential and Congressional terms Amendment 20 Amendment 19 Repeal of ProhibitionLimit on presidential terms Amendment 22Amendment 21

District of Columbia vote in presidential elections Ban of Tax Payment as voter qualification Amendment 24 Amendment 23 Presidential succession, vice presidential vacancy, and presidential disability Voting age of 18 Amendment 26Amendment 25

Congressional pay Amendment 27