Question

describe the formal amendment process that has been used most often to formally amend the constitution

Answer 1

The formal amendment process that has been used the most often to reform the Constitution is the Congressional Method:

1) Two thirds of the present members of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposse and amendment.

2) The amendment has to be ratified by three-fourths of the Legislatures of the States.

There are also less used methods both for propossing an amendment and for ratifying it: The Convention Method

In this method, the amendment is propossed by two thirds of the members of a National Convention which is formed by order of the Congress after the petition of three-fourths of the legislatures of the states.

The ratification can be achieved also by the approval of three-fourths of the ratifying conventions in each state.