For a Constitutional amendment to be considered valid,__all 38 of the 50__ states have to ratify it.
if I were you I would do some research on them :)
When the First Continental Congress met in 1774 to draft a Declaration of Rights and Grievances against King George III, they asserted that the rights of the English colonists to life, liberty and property were guaranteed by “the principles of the English constitution,” a.k.a. Magna Carta.
answer: They wanted their laws written down because they didn't want to get punished for breaking laws that they didn't even know existed. The laws supported equal treatment of all citizens. These laws and rights applied to all people who lived in Roman lands. and know in modern day people have laws so they dont get introuble for what they haven't done