Question

Formal amendments may be proposed and ratified by four different methods. Explain each of the four methods, which may be followed for a formal amendment to the Constitution.

Answer 1

the four possible methods of formal amendments are...
1.] an amendment may be proposed by a two thirds vote in each house of the congress and ratified by three0fourths of the state legislatures.
2.] an amendment may be proposed by by congress and then ratified by conventions, called for that purpose, in three fourths of the states .
3.] an amendment may be proposed by a national convention, called by the congress at the request of two thirds of the state legislatures- today, 34.
4.] an amendment may be proposed by a national convention and ratified by the conventions in three fourths of the states.