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To: Elmer who wrote (120690)	12/5/2000 2:44:59 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Dear Elmer: Yes, it is 3/4ths of the States that are required for an amendment to be adopted into the Constitution. It is specified there. Go read it yourself, if you do not believe me. That is why the Electoral College will never be removed for a popular vote of the President. Just 13 States could veto any such change and the smaller population states like Alaska and Wyoming will never want their states to be ignored for the five biggest ones. Pete Pete

To: Elmer who wrote (120690)	12/5/2000 2:57:05 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote by both the House and Senate and a vote of three-fourths of the states, according to the constitution. This is the only way to overturn a USSC ruling on a constitutional question. Congress can pass a law that substantively reverses a USSC ruling on a legal question. The prime example is Congress passing the Pregnancy Leave act (about 1978), after the USSC had ruled that GE did not have to cover pregnancy for women as a medical benefit (about 1975).