Question

Which of the following rules applies to the amendment process?

Answer 1

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Answer:

Your answer would be D). Congress must set time limits on ratification of amendments.

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One of the following rules applies to the amendment process is that Congress must set time limits on ratification of amendments.

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Definitions:

Ratification:

The act of signing or an agreement to make something valid.

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Explanation:

The reason why "D). Congress must set time limits on ratification of amendments" is the correct answer because Congress can't keep an amendment up to vote for too long.

In the section 3 of the 18th Amendment, it says that the amendment should be ratified within 7 years since it was submitted by legislators of several states. What this means is that the amendment got 7 years to be ratified, or signed, by legislators. If the amendment takes longer than 7 years to be ratified, or signed, the amendment will no longer be up to vote on. The reason why they think that this is necessary because amendments shouldn't take long to vote on, and if they didn't have this amendment, you would see some amendments that would take years to be voted on, and still haven't be ratified, and that's going to keep Congress busy because, for example, they would've probably had a amendment needing to be ratified that was from 13 years ago.

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Why the other answers choices are incorrect:

The reason why answer choice "A). Amendments can be proposed by one state calling a convention" is incorrect because:

To call for a convention, you need to have 2/3 of the states to make the convention, not only one. More than one state has to propose the amendment in order to have a whole  constitutional convention. This is the reason why this answer choice would be eliminated.

The reason why answer choice "B). Amendments must be proposed by a three-fourths vote in Congress" is incorrect because:

Amendments can't be proposed by 3/4 of the votes in congress, it HAS to be proposed by 2/3 of Congress. If 2/3 of Congress agrees to the amendment, then it will be ratified. This is the reason why this answer choice would be eliminated.

The reason why answer choice "C). Congress must allow citizens to vote directly for amendments." is incorrect because:

Citizens do not directly vote for amendments, only Congress vote really counts. This is the reason why the U.S is a representative democracy, representatives vote for stuff. In this, Congress would be the one that is voting for the amendment, not the citizens. This is the reason why this answer choice would be eliminated.

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-Julie