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What are the different methods adopted to amend the constitution? |
| Answer» The\xa0Constitution\xa0provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a\xa0constitutional\xa0convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures. Under Article V of the\xa0Constitution, there are two\xa0ways\xa0to propose and ratify amendments to the\xa0Constitution. To propose amendments, two-thirds of both houses of Congress can vote to propose an amendment, or two-thirds of the state legislatures can ask Congress to call a national convention to propose amendments. | |