The Congress, whenever 2/3 of both houses shall deem it necessary shall propose and amendments to this constitution or on the application of the legislators of 2/3 of the several states shall they convention for proposing an amendment, which in either case shall be valid to all intense and purposes as part of this constitution, when ratified by the legislators of 3/4 of the several states or by conventions and 3/4 there of as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress Which of the following best summarizes this expert would it be the intent of article is to provide the legislative branch with the ratification or Each state legislator may choose between either mode or ratification to ratify a proposed amendment or new additions to the constitution can be proposed with backing from a congressional majority and alterations to the constitution must be necessary and proposed by the house of representatives

Answer 1

The best summary of the provided excerpt is: "Each state legislature may choose between either mode of ratification to ratify a proposed amendment."

This accurately reflects the process described, where amendments can be proposed either by a two-thirds majority in Congress or by a convention called by two-thirds of the states, and they can be ratified either by state legislatures or state conventions, with the choice left to the states themselves.