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Amendment Process

Amendment Process. Formal Amendments. Formal Amendment – Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the Constitution. Formal Amendments.

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Amendment Process

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  1. Amendment Process

  2. Formal Amendments • Formal Amendment – Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of four methods set forth in the Constitution

  3. Formal Amendments • First Method – an amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote in each house of Congress and be ratified by three-fourths of the State Legislators • 26 of the 27 Amendments were adopted in this manner

  4. Formal Amendments • Second Method – an amendment may be proposed by Congress and then ratified by conventions, called for that purpose, in three-fourths of the States • Only the 21st Amendment was adopted in this way

  5. Formal Amendments • Third Method – an amendment may be proposed by a national convention, called by Congress at the request of two thirds of the State legislatures. It must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State Legislatures

  6. Formal Amendments • Fourth Method – an amendment may be proposed by a national convention and ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the States • The Constitution was passed in much the same manner

  7. Informal Amendments • Informal Amendment – a change made in the Constitution not by actual written amendment, but by the experience of government

  8. Informal Amendments • Informal Amendments are changes made in one of five ways • The passage of laws by Congress • Actions taken by the President • Supreme Court decisions • Activities of Political Parties • Customs • Reference pages 79 – 82 for examples

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