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Unlike a bill becoming a law, a proposed amendment can become part of the U. S. Constitution only if at least three fourths of the states agree to it. That acceptance by each state is what is called ratification.

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When ratifying a formal amendment to the constitution the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least of how much fraction of ratifying bodies?

When ratifying a formal amendment to the Constitution, the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least three-fourths of the ratifying bodies.


What is the difference between proposing an amendment and ratifying an amendment?

nothing(:


What is the deadline for ratifying a amendment?

cannot be extended


Is there a difference between a state rejecting an amendment and a state not ratifying an amendment?

No rejecting means not passing and ratifying means passing so not ratifying means not passing which is the same as the rejecting. But rember just because one state rejects a amendment doesn't mean it will not be passed.


What is is the ratifying amendments?

The last Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. It is the 26th Amendment. It was ratified in 1971.


President vetoing or ratifying a constitutional amendment?

Only the States can ratify a constitutional amendment. The President can veto legislation putting the amendment up for ratification, but can be overridden by the normal process in the Senate.


What one amendment was ratified in a different way than the others?

The one amendment that was ratified in a different way than the others was the Twenty-first Amendment. It was ratified using a state ratifying convention.


What is ratifying a constitutional amendment?

When a constitutional amendment has been ratified it means that the amendment had been passed or agreed upon by 3/4 of congress and is now being made a legal amendmen to our Constitution


In constitutional amendment procedure can several clauses of a constitution be contained in one constitutional amendment proposal?

In constitutional amendments, the single subject style of proposing amendment is mostly applied. Where several subjects are massed together in one legislative measure the ratifying state legislatures are prone to applying the item veto to signify their preferences in any such constitution amendment proposal. And where an item veto is applied to any matter in that proposal by a ratifying state legislature, the entire measure fails.


What state was the perfect 36?

Tennessee was called the Perfect 36 because it was the thirty-sixth of the forty-eight states to approve the amendment ratifying the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in America.


One of the methods of ratifying a constitutional amendment to the US Conostitution is?

by passage in a national convention called by Congress and held in two-thirds of the states.


Why was Tennessee called the perfect 36?

Tennessee was called the Perfect 36 because it was the thirty-sixth of the forty-eight states to approve the amendment ratifying the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in America.