Constitutional Amendment

Article V outlines two ways to propose an amendment. An amendment may be proposed by two thirds of both the House and the Senate, or by a national convention called by Congress at the request of two thirds of the state legislatures. The second method has never been used.

An amendment may also be ratified in one of two ways. An amendment may be approved by the legislatures of three fourths of the states. Every amendment but the Twenty-first was ratified using this method. In the second method, an amendment may be approved by special conventions in three fourths of the states.

Not all amendments proposed by Congress have been ratified. In fact, Congress has proposed six amendments that the states refused to ratify.

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Methods of amending the constitution

Proposed
by congress
______

Ratified
by legislature
______

______
called by congress at request of 2/3 of state legislaute

_____
in 3/4 of states

Options:

by state convention
in three-quarters of states
by a two-thirds vote of each house
by national convention

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Here is the correct arrangement for the chart on methods of amending the Constitution:

Methods of amending the Constitution

Proposed by Congress

  • by a two-thirds vote of each house

Ratified by legislature

  • in three-quarters of states

National convention

  • called by Congress at request of 2/3 of state legislatures

State convention

  • by state convention in three-quarters of states