C. Each state legislature may choose between either mode of ratification to ratify a proposed amendment.
Use the excerpt from the United States Constitution, Article V, to answer the question:
"The Congress, 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." Which of the following best summarizes this excerpt? A. Changes to the Constitution may not be communicated to the States unless deemed necessary. B. Congress may not ratify the Constitution through any process. C. Each state legislature may choose between either mode of ratification to ratify a proposed amendment. D. Alterations to the Constitution must be deemed necessary, and proposed by the House of Representatives.
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