Answer is C, by using military statistics
Answer:
Ratifying conventions in three fourth of the states it or three fourths of the state legislatures must approve it, is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Article fifth of the US constitution mentions various methods to amend the constitution
First step in the amendment is the proposal of a bill to amend the constitution. Two thirds of both the houses of the congress can vote for proposing an amendment or a proposal for constitutional amendment convention can be made by two thirds of the state legislatures.
Step two is the ratification of the amendments. It can also happen in two ways. First is by the approval of three fourths of the state legislatures. Second is by the approval of ratifying conventions in three fourths of the states.
Till 2009, 33 amendment has been sent to the states. twenty seven has been ratified
Answer:
immigrants and African Americans
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ('XIV Amendment') is one of the post-Civil War amendments, and includes, among others, the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause. It was proposed on June 13, 1866, and ratified on July 9, 1868.
The amendment provides a broad definition of national citizenship, which overrides the decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), who had excluded slaves and their descendants, from possessing constitutional rights. It requires states to provide equal protection before the law to all persons (not just citizens) within their jurisdictions. The importance of the Fourteenth Amendment was exemplified when it was interpreted to prohibit racial segregation in public schools in the Brown v. Case. Board of Education.
