Because 2/3 of the 50 states must ratify the amendment for it to become law.
2/3rds of votes were needed
Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788.
It is difficult because of all of the steps it takes and all of votes needed. Plus there are time restrictions.Amending the U.S. Constitution:1. Both houses of Congress must adopt a proposed amendment with a 2/3 vote. Or 2/3 of state legislatures must request Congress to call a constitutional convention.2. 3/4 of state legislatures must ratify the amendment as proposed by Congress. Or ratifying conventions in 3/4 of the states must ratify the amendment as proposed by Congress.3. Congress has limited the length of time the states have to ratify an amendment. It must be ratified by the proper number of states to become operative.4. There are some shielded clauses. .
The Constitution can only be changed when an amendment passed by congress is ratified by 2/3 of all the states in the union. For a state to ratify the change their legislature must pass the change in their state chamber. So the people who change the constitution are the folks you vote for every two to four years.
An amendment is an addition, deletion of modification of the contents of the U.S. Constitution. It can be ratified through a majority vote of two-thirds in both legislature houses, and by a constitutional convention.
Ratify is what is necessary to change or make a new amendment to the constitution. If 2/3rds of the states vote to accept the amendment, the amendment passes and is changed or added to the constitutional amendments.
No branch of Congress ratifies an amendment. 2/3s of both houses (House and Senate) propose an amendment and send the proposed amendment out to the states for ratification. 3/4s of the states are needed to "ratify" an amendment. This is found in Article 5 of the Constitution.
Because 2/3 of the 50 states must ratify the amendment for it to become law.
2/3 of the states must ratify an amendment before it becomes law.
Amending the Constitution is a 2-step process, which includes the proposal, and the ratification. There are 2 ways an amendment can be proposed, either by Congress, or by the States.
The Constitution can be amended. A super majority (2/3) of the 50 states would have to ratify the amendment or change.
The amendments to the constitution have to be ratified by states. Another method, used just once, was that 2/3 of both houses of Congress have to ratify the amendment.
According to the U.S. Constitution 3/4 of the various states have to ratify a constitutional amendment proposed to them before it can become permanent part of the Constitution. For an amendment to Acts by Congress, 3/5 of the Senate and 1/2 of the House must agree. The Titles of Nobility amendment did not become the 13th amendment because it was 2 states short. It could still become part of the constitution but it would require the remainer of 38 states to ratify it if it would be enactected now.
2/3rds of votes were needed
Article V in the Constitution spells out the ways how a Constitution can be amendment or changed. All of the 27 amendments have been proposed by two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress, and only the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified by constitutional conventions of the states. All other amendments have been ratified by state legislature.
Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. \STATES