Article
V (U.S.)
TheCongress,
whenever two thirds
of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to
this
Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds
of
the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments,
which,
in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of
this
Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the
several
States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof,as the one or the
other
Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no
Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight
hundred and eight shall
in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section
of
the first Article;and that no State, without its Consent, shall be
deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
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Article
V (C.S.)
Upon the demand
of any three
States, legally assembled in their several conventions, the Congress
shall
summon a convention of all the States, to take into consideration such
amendments to the Constitution as the said States shall concur in
suggesting at the time
when the said demand is made; and should any of the proposed amendments
to
the Constitution be agreed on by the said convention--voting by
States--and the same be ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of
the several States, or by conventions in two-thirds thereof--as the
one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the general
convention--they shall thenceforward
form a part of this Constitution. But no State shall, without its
consent,
be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate.
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