Constitution > Article V
Amendments Clause
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; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
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- United States Constitution
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- Constitution of Massachusetts
- James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention
- The Congressional Register
- Constitution of Maryland
- Charles Pinckney: "Observations On The Plan of Government Submitted to The Federal Convention, in Philadelphia, on the 28th of May, 1787"
- James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention
- A Federal Republican: A Review of the Constitution
- Amendments to the Constitution
- Luther Martin: Genuine Information I
- Madison's Resolution for Amendments to the Constitution
- James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention
- A Patriotic Citizen
- Thomas Lloyd's Notes of the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Charter of New England
- Centinel II
- George Mason to John Lamb · recipient: John Lamb
- North Carolina Ratification Convention Debates
- House Resolution and Articles of Amendments