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The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amendment was first proposed during the 110th Congress as House Joint ...
Pages in category "Amendments to the United States Constitution" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This would be the shortest amendment in our Constitution, 13 words: “The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine Justices.” That is the language of the proposed “Keep ...
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
The Reconstruction-era 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments sought to remove the stain of slavery from laws and policies after the Civil War, while the 19th Amendment extended voting rights to women in ...
This includes both expired amendments, those for which the time period set for their consideration ran out, and still pending amendments, those sent to the states without a ratification deadline. Proposals to amend the United States Constitution introduced in but not approved by Congress should be included in Category:Proposed amendments to the ...
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