Constitution > Article V
State Representation in the Senate Clause
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight 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.
Related Resources
- Amendments Proposed by the Virginia Convention
- Debate in the North Carolina Convention
- Debate in the North Carolina Convention
- Debate in the United States Senate
- Document and signed by the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Extracts from Yates’ Secret Proceedings
- Finalilized document of the Virginia Nonimportation Association
- Francis Childs' Notes of the New York Ratification Debates
- James Madison to Thomas Jefferson · recipient: Thomas Jefferson
- Jonathan Dayton in the United States Senate
- Tucker Amendments
- United States Constitution
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