Constitutional Convention Procedures: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 3, S. 520 and S. 1710 ... November 29, 1979 |
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... amendment shall be ratified , or ( B ) a concurrent 9 resolution stating that the Congress disapproves the submis- 10 sion of such proposed amendment to the States because such 11 proposed amendment relates to or includes a subject ...
... amendment shall be ratified , or ( B ) a concurrent 9 resolution stating that the Congress disapproves the submis- 10 sion of such proposed amendment to the States because such 11 proposed amendment relates to or includes a subject ...
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... proposed amendment to the Consti- 5 tution shall become valid when ratified by the legislatures of 6 three - fourths of the several States within seven years from 7 the date of the submission thereof to the States , or within 8 such ...
... proposed amendment to the Consti- 5 tution shall become valid when ratified by the legislatures of 6 three - fourths of the several States within seven years from 7 the date of the submission thereof to the States , or within 8 such ...
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... amendment to the Administrator of General 3 Services upon the expiration of the first period of ninety days 4 of ... proposed amendment to the States because such 13 proposed amendment relates to or includes a subject which 14 ...
... amendment to the Administrator of General 3 Services upon the expiration of the first period of ninety days 4 of ... proposed amendment to the States because such 13 proposed amendment relates to or includes a subject which 14 ...
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... proposed amendment 3 to the Constitution shall be valid without the assent of the 4 Governor of the State . 5 ( c ) Except as otherwise prescribed by concurrent resolu- 6 tion of the Congress , any proposed amendment to the Consti- 7 ...
... proposed amendment 3 to the Constitution shall be valid without the assent of the 4 Governor of the State . 5 ( c ) Except as otherwise prescribed by concurrent resolu- 6 tion of the Congress , any proposed amendment to the Consti- 7 ...
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... proposed amendment to the States 2 because such proposed amendment relates to or includes a 3 general subject which differs from or was not included as one 4 of the general subjects named or described in the concurrent 5 resolution of ...
... proposed amendment to the States 2 because such proposed amendment relates to or includes a 3 general subject which differs from or was not included as one 4 of the general subjects named or described in the concurrent 5 resolution of ...
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Page 96 - Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve a political question is found a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; or the impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion...
Page 192 - Provided, that no amendment which may be made prior to the year 1808, shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate.
Page 666 - ... a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it; or the impossibility of deciding without an initial policy determination of a kind clearly for nonjudicial discretion ; or the impossibility of a court's undertaking independent resolution without expressing lack of the respect due coordinate branches of government ; or an unusual need for unquestioning adherence...
Page 394 - I will venture to add that to me the Convention mode seems preferable, in that it allows amendments to originate with the people themselves, instead of only permitting them to take or reject propositions, originated by others, not especially chosen for the purpose, and which might not be precisely such as they would wish to either accept or refuse.
Page 613 - It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
Page 245 - But the articles to be amended, and the amendments proposed, and such articles as are proposed to be added or abolished, shall be promulgated at least six months before the day appointed for the election of such convention, for the previous consideration of the people, that they may have an opportunity of instructing their delegates on the subject.
Page 493 - 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 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.
Page 563 - Each House shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its members...
Page 344 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the amendment of the Articles of Union whensoever it shall seem necessary, and that the assent of the National Legislature ought not to be required thereto.
Page 129 - Congress sine die ; but (2) in the computation of the sixty-day period there shall be excluded the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain.