Article V of the United States Constitution

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Article V of the United States Constitution is the provision that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying amendments to the Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
allocatesPower shared between federal institutions and the states ⓘ
allowsParticipationOf national constitutional convention if called ⓘ
state ratifying conventions ⓘ
appliesTo all formal amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ
cameIntoEffect June 21, 1788 ⓘ
citedAs Article V ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme law provision ⓘ
contains entrenchment clause protecting equal representation of states in the Senate ⓘ
temporary protection for slave trade and direct taxes until 1808 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateDrafted 1787 ⓘ
defines formal process for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ
formal process for ratifying amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ
doesNotRequire presidential approval for constitutional amendments ⓘ
presidential veto power over constitutional amendments ⓘ
draftedAt Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia ⓘ
effectiveWith original ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
embodiesPrinciple constitutional rigidity with possibility of change ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
governs formal amendment procedures distinct from informal constitutional change ⓘ
grantsPowerToProposeAmendments United States Congress ⓘ
national constitutional convention ⓘ
historicalNote temporary protection clauses regarding slavery and direct taxes are now obsolete ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
languageFeature does not allow unilateral amendment by any single branch of government ⓘ
does not limit number of amendments ⓘ
legalSystem United States constitutional law ⓘ
limits amendment power regarding equal suffrage in the Senate ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
primarySubject amendment process ⓘ
constitutional amendments ⓘ
proposalMethod convention called on application of two-thirds of the state legislatures ⓘ
two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress ⓘ
purpose to provide a lawful mechanism for altering the Constitution ⓘ
ratificationMethod conventions in three-fourths of the states ⓘ
legislatures of three-fourths of the states ⓘ
relatedConcept amendment ratification ⓘ
constitutional convention ⓘ
entrenched clause ⓘ
requires supermajority for proposing amendments ⓘ
supermajority for ratifying amendments ⓘ
requiresParticipationOf United States Congress ⓘ
state legislatures ⓘ
specifies Congress chooses mode of ratification ⓘ
no state shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate without its consent ⓘ
usedFor Bill of Rights ⓘ
all subsequent amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States constitutional amendments → governingArticle → Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
The Federalist No. 43 → discusses → Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution → constitutionalArticleModified → Article V of the U.S. Constitution (ratification process usage) ⓘ
linked to: Article V of the United States Constitution
Equal Rights Amendment → legalBasis → Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Federalist No. 49 → relatedTo → Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ