amendment
noun
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What is a constitutional amendment?
An amendment is essentially a correction. It comes in many varieties, up to and including the process of altering something through either parliamentary or constitutional procedure. In the United States, the word is often used specifically of a change to the U.S. Constitution. A constitutional amendment may be proposed by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives or through a constitutional convention with majority votes in two-thirds of state legislatures. Once it is ratified by Congress, it must be approved by three-fourths (i.e., 38 of 50) of the states.
Examples of amendment in a Sentence
Leah Askarinam, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
Like the League of Women Voters, Protect AR Rights is also proposing a constitutional amendment aiming to protect Arkansans' right to petition.
—Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
Defeating the marijuana amendment was a key political objective for the governor last year.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025
The lawsuit stemmed from the district's social media posts opposing a school choice amendment and blocking DeAngelis from its Facebook page.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2025
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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amendment. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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amendment
nounU.S. Constitution art. V
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