| Article V |
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| 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. |
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