- 38 out of 50) must then
ratify the
amendment either by a vote of
approval in each state's
legislature or by
state ratifying conventions.
Congress may...
-
State ratifying conventions are one of the two
methods established by
Article V of the
United States Constitution for
ratifying proposed constitutional...
-
November 20 •
Ratifying convention begins in Pennsylvania.
December 3 •
Ratifying convention begins in Delaware.
December 7 •
Ratification Delaware becomes...
- three-fourths of the states; or
State ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states. The only
amendment to be
ratified through this
method thus far is...
- The
Ratification Cases,
officially titled as
Javellana v.
Executive Secretary (G.R. No. L-36142,
March 31, 1973; 50 SCRA 30), was a 1973
Supreme Court...
- The
Virginia Ratifying Convention (also
historically referred to as the "Virginia
Federal Convention") was a
convention of 168
delegates from Virginia...
-
Carolina ratified the Constitution. Finally,
Rhode Island,
after having rejected the
Constitution in a
March 1788 referendum,
called a
ratifying convention...
-
amendment must be
ratified by either—as
determined by Congress—the
legislatures of three-quarters of the
states or
state ratifying conventions in three-quarters...
- The
Ratification Act of 1929 (Pub. Res. 70–89, 45 Stat. 1253,
enacted 20
February 1929,
codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1661) was a
joint resolution of the United...
- had
ratified the
amendment by 1973.
After 1973, the
number of
ratifying states slowed to a trickle.
Support in the
states that had not
ratified fell...
