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Article Five of the United States Constitution
Artikel 5 i USA's forfatning beskriver den proces, hvorved forfatningen, som er nationens regeringsgrundlag, kan ændres. Ændringen af forfatningen består i at foreslå en eller flere ændringer og efterfølgende ratificering. Ændringer kan foreslås enten af Kongressen med to tredjedeles stemmer i både Repræsentanternes Hus og Senatet eller af et konvent af stater, som to tredjedele af staternes lovgivende forsamlinger har indkaldt til. For at blive en del af forfatningen skal en ændring ratificeres af enten - som fastsat af Kongressen - af tre fjerdedele af staternes lovgivende forsamlinger eller af ratifikationskonventioner i tre fjerdedele af staterne. Hver enkelt stats stemme (om at ratificere eller forkaste et ændringsforslag) har samme vægt, uanset statens befolkningstal eller hvor længe den har været medlem af Unionen.
Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution, the nation's frame of government, may be altered. Altering the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments and subsequent ratification. Amendments may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a convention of states called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures. To become part of the Constitution, an amendment must be ratified by either—as determined by Congress—the legislatures of three-quarters of the states or state ratifying conventions in three-quarters of the states. The vote of each state (to either ratify or reject a proposed amendment) carries equal weight, regardless of a state's population or length of time in the Union.
Article Five of the United States Constitution