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Unakite2/15/2010 7:14:24 pm PST

re: #344 jamesfirecat

“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.”

It says it right there at the top one of the ways to change the constitution starts with a 2/3rds vote in both houses of “the Congress” like I said back in my original post.

So Mandy why did you say the Congress couldn’t amend the Constitution?

Probably late to this party, but you need to read what you wrote. There is a difference between proposing an amendment to the Constitution and actually amending the Constitution.