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Get your notebooks and have a seat. The Amendment Process Get your notebooks and have a seat.

Amendments The authors of the Constitution knew that people might want to change it in the future They provided rules for the Constitution to be amended (added to or changed) Article V established a two-step process for amendments

Step 1: Proposing the Amendment Option 1 Option 2 Two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress Used: 27 times Two-thirds of state legislatures request a national convention to amend the Constitution Used: never!

Step 2: Ratifying the Amendment Option 1 Option 2 Ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures (3/4 state legislatures vote to pass it) Ratification by special ratification conventions in three-fourths of states. (special meetings in 3/4 of states)

A few more amendments… Read pages 177-179 Use pages 177-179 to help you complete the chart on the back of your worksheet