 on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States (which at present amount to nine), to call a convention for proposing amendments, which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures...  Michigan State Bar Journal - Page 1101925Full view - About this book
 | Andrew White Young - Law - 1848 - 244 pages
...or of the states to propose amendments, and then to get the proposed amendments ratified, either by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths of them, is very difficult. This is right. If the constitution could be altered by a bare majority,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - United States - 1848 - 304 pages
...for any amendment, will seldom be obtained. And then to get a proposed amendment ratified by either the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths of them, would seem to be still more difficult. If a more easy mode had been provided, alterations... | |
 | History, Modern - 1849 - 626 pages
...proposed ' shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by congress.' It is the act of adoption... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1856 - 924 pages
...&.C., which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof." It would be absurd to admit the Legislature to be the State, for, in that case, there would be no State... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1856 - 930 pages
...&c., which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths "thereof." It would be absurd to admit the Legislature to be the State, for, in that case, there would be no State... | |
 | Andrew White Young - International law - 1858 - 460 pages
...for proposing amendments, will rarely occur. And when amendments are proposed, their ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths of them, would be still more impcobable. Had an easy mode of amending the constitution been provided,... | |
 | Hugo Reid - Nova Scotia - 1861 - 328 pages
...the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States; and that such amendments must be ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths of the States, according as Congress may determine on one or other mode of ratification. If these conditions... | |
 | Marvin T. Wheat - African Americans - 1862 - 520 pages
...of two-thirds of Congress or of the States, and the alteration or amendment so proposed confirmed by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by Conventions in three-fourths thereof." Till this amendment or alteration is made, the principles laid down for our government and intercourse... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - Canada - 1862 - 650 pages
...of both Houses shall be agreed ; but before such amendments can be accepted they must be ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths of the States, " as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress." Or Congress,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...amendments, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof." The words of this article are peremptory. The congress "shall call a convention." Nothing in this particular... | |
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