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.
Related Resources
- Francis Childs' Notes of the New York Ratification Debates
- Journal Notes of the Virginia Ratification Convention Proceedings
- Richard Henry Lee to John Lamb · recipient: John Lamb
- Timothy Bloodworth to John Lamb · recipient: John Lamb
- John McKesson's Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- Melancton Smith's Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- Alexander Hamilton Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- NY Ratification Convention Debates and Proceedings
- John McKesson's Notes of the New York Ratification Convention Debates
- NY Ratification Convention Debates and Proceedings
- NY Ratification Convention Debates (July 17, 1788) - New York Daily Advertiser
- NY Ratification Convention Debates (July 17, 1788) - New York Daily Advertiser
- Abraham Clark to Thomas Sinnickson · recipient: Thomas Sinnickson
- A Friend of Society and Liberty
- North Carolina Ratification Convention Debates
- North Carolina Ratification Convention Journal
- R. D. Spaight in the North Carolina Convention
- North Carolina Ratification Convention Debates
- Thomas Person to John Lamb · recipient: John Lamb
- Henry Lee to George Washington · recipient: George Washington