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Amendment Process

Formal Amendments  Formal Amendment – Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the Constitution

Formal Amendments  First Method – an amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress and be ratified by three-fourths of the State Legislators  26 of the 27 Amendments were adopted in this manner

Formal Amendments  Second Method – an amendment may be proposed by Congress and then ratified by conventions, called for that purpose, in three-fourths of the States  Only the 21 st Amendment was adopted in this way

Formal Amendments  Third Method – an amendment may be proposed by a national convention, called by Congress at the request of two thirds of the State legislatures. It must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State Legislatures

Formal Amendments  Fourth Method – an amendment may be proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the States  The Constitution was passed in much the same manner

Informal Amendments  Informal Amendment – a change made in the Constitution not by actual written amendment, but by the experience of government

Informal Amendments  Informal Amendments are changes made in one of five ways  The passage of laws by Congress  Actions taken by the President  Supreme Court decisions  Activities of Political Parties  Customs  Reference pages 79 – 82 for examples