A report on Constitutional amendment
Modification of the constitution of a polity, organization or other type of entity.
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Constitution of the United States
6 linksSupreme law of the United States of America.
Supreme law of the United States of America.
The precedent for this practice was set in 1789, when Congress considered and proposed the first several Constitutional amendments.
Constitution
5 linksAggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
Aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
In addition, exceptional procedures are often required to amend a constitution.
Supermajority
5 linksRequirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority.
Requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of more than one-half used for a simple majority.
In Turkey, constitutional amendments need a three fifths majority (360 votes) to be put forward to a referendum and a two-thirds majority (400 votes) to be ratified directly.
Article Five of the United States Constitution
3 linksArticle Five of the United States Constitution describes the process for altering the Constitution.
Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process for altering the Constitution.
Under Article Five, the process to alter the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments, and subsequent ratification.
Constitution of Alabama
1 linksBasic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama.
Basic governing document of the U.S. state of Alabama.
About 90 percent of the document's length, as of 2020, is made up of its 977 amendments (for comparison, the 104 amendments to the Constitution of India form none of the latter's text, as they modify the main body's wording directly rather than being appended to it).
Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
2 linksThe Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China are the revisions and constitutional amendments to the original constitution to meet the requisites of the nation and the political status of Taiwan "prior to national unification".
List of amendments to the United States Constitution
2 linksPut into operation on March 4, 1789.
Put into operation on March 4, 1789.
Article Five of the United States Constitution details the two-step process for amending the nation's frame of government.
Constitution of India
4 linksSupreme law of India.
Supreme law of India.
Article 368 dictates the procedure for constitutional amendments.
Legislative Yuan
2 linksUnicameral legislature of the Republic of China located in Taipei.
Unicameral legislature of the Republic of China located in Taipei.
Under the current amended Constitution and in accordance with the separation of powers, the Legislative Yuan, as the only parliamentary body, also holds the power to initiate several constitutional processes, including initiating constitutional amendments (then determined by a national referendum), recalls of the President (then determined by a recall vote), and impeachments of the President (then tried by the Constitutional Court).
Dillon v. Gloss
1 linksDillon v. Gloss, 256 U.S. 368 (1921), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that Congress, when proposing a constitutional amendment under the authority given to it by Article V of the Constitution, may fix a definite period for its ratification, and further, that the reasonableness of the seven-year period, fixed by Congress in the resolution proposing the Eighteenth Amendment is beyond question.