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To: bentway who wrote (253835)	6/12/2010 8:47:22 PM
From: Metacomet	Respond to of 306849

16 went via route 1. The state initiated,Constitutional Convention, method has never been used. That is the one we need, but we let the squids keep us bickering amongst ourselves while they loot the country. Article Five: Amendments Main article: Article Five of the United States Constitution See also: wikisource:Constitution of the United States of America#Article V An amendment may be ratified in three ways: * The new amendment may be approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, then sent to the states for approval. * Two-thirds of the state legislatures may apply to Congress for a constitutional convention to consider amendments, which are then sent to the states for approval. * Congress may require ratification by special convention. The convention method has been used only once, to approve the 21st Amendment (repealing prohibition, 1933). Regardless of the method of proposing an amendment, final ratification requires approval by three-fourths of the states. Today Article Five places only one limit on the amending power: no amendment may deprive a state of equal representation in the Senate without that state's consent. The original Article V included other limits on the amending power regarding slavery and taxation; however, these limits expired in 1808.