Article V

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

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Article V of the United States Constitution 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn June 21, 1788 ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of the United States ⓘ
author Framers of the United States Constitution ⓘ
cameIntoForce March 4, 1789 ⓘ
category Amendment procedures ⓘ
United States constitutional law ⓘ
citedAs Art. V U.S. Const. ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateDrafted 1787 ⓘ
defines process for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
process for ratifying amendments to the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
distinguishedFrom informal constitutional change through interpretation or practice ⓘ
governs formal alteration of constitutional text ⓘ
grantsPowerTo Congress of the United States ⓘ
national constitutional convention ⓘ
state legislatures ⓘ
state ratifying conventions ⓘ
hasFeature allows Congress to choose the mode of ratification ⓘ
contains entrenched clause protecting state equality in the Senate ⓘ
no role for the President in the formal amendment process ⓘ
sets supermajority thresholds for amendment ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the land component ⓘ
limits power to amend certain clauses relating to the slave trade and direct taxes before 1808 ⓘ
locatedInDocument main body of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits depriving any state of its equal suffrage in the Senate without that state’s consent ⓘ
proposalMethod convention called on application of two-thirds of the state legislatures ⓘ
two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress ⓘ
protects equal suffrage of states in the Senate without their consent ⓘ
ratificationMethod conventions in three-fourths of the states ⓘ
legislatures of three-fourths of the states ⓘ
relatedTo Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Article III

Article VI of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Article VI
requires application of two-thirds of state legislatures to call a convention for proposing amendments ⓘ
ratification by three-fourths of the states for an amendment to become valid ⓘ
two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate to propose an amendment ⓘ
sectionOf original unamended Constitution ⓘ
subject constitutional amendment process ⓘ
usedFor adoption of post–Civil War Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
adoption of the Bill of Rights ⓘ
adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ
adoption of the Twenty-Second Amendment ⓘ
adoption of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment ⓘ

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Article VII of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: Article VII
linked to: Article V