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The U.S. Constitution absolutely cannot be amended by Congress.
by runningdogx 16y ago
The U.S. Constitution absolutely cannot be amended by Congress.
- pyre 16y agoAmended by Congress with the approval of the States. It's a slight difference. In the grand scheme of things like checks and balances, it matters, but in the real-world Congress is the only one that has the power to start the process. The States themselves can't float a Constitutional amendment so far as I understand it.
- gthank 16y agoIn fact they can, but it has never happened. The relevant text is here: http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Article5 http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Article5. The basic idea is that 2/3 of the state legislatures must call a Constitutional Convention, where the Amendment(s) will be proposed and sent to the states for ratification.