U.S. Constitution - Bill of Rights
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem
it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution,
or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of
the several states, shall call a convention for proposing
amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents
and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified
by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states,
or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or
the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress;
provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the
year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner
affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of
the first article; and that no state, without its consent,
shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
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