The 28th Amendment
The Formal method of amending the United States Constitution is founded in the fifth article where it states there is a two-stage process for amending the Constitution which there are proposal and ratification. When an amendment is proposed it must be voted within two-thirds of both houses of Congress and or by two-thirds of state legislatures requesting Congress to call a “National Convention” to propose amendments. The most wellknown amendment in the Bill of Rights would the first and second amendment. The first amendment gives Americans the freedom of speech by it saying “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a …show more content…
While the second Amendment gives the right to have the ownership of a firearm by saying “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. An amendment could in fact be ratified by a three-fourths vote of all state legislatures or by such a vote in specially called ratifying conventions called in three-fourths of the states. In the U.S. Constitution there are a total of ten amendments although twenty-seven; having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution. The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified and are known as the Bill of Rights. The amendment process is very difficult and it takes a long time to let it process. A proposed amendment must be passed by a two-thirds from both the senate and the house of representatives. Then ratified by the legislatures of
The Formal method of amending the United States Constitution is founded in the fifth article where it states there is a two-stage process for amending the Constitution which there are proposal and ratification. When an amendment is proposed it must be voted within two-thirds of both houses of Congress and or by two-thirds of state legislatures requesting Congress to call a “National Convention” to propose amendments. The most wellknown amendment in the Bill of Rights would the first and second amendment. The first amendment gives Americans the freedom of speech by it saying “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a …show more content…
While the second Amendment gives the right to have the ownership of a firearm by saying “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. An amendment could in fact be ratified by a three-fourths vote of all state legislatures or by such a vote in specially called ratifying conventions called in three-fourths of the states. In the U.S. Constitution there are a total of ten amendments although twenty-seven; having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution. The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified and are known as the Bill of Rights. The amendment process is very difficult and it takes a long time to let it process. A proposed amendment must be passed by a two-thirds from both the senate and the house of representatives. Then ratified by the legislatures of