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* = a protection of the minority | * = a protection of the minority | ||
* the 3/4ths super-majority is difficult to achieve without large consensus, so the Constitution has been amended only 17 times following the adoption of the Bill of Rights | * the 3/4ths super-majority is difficult to achieve without large consensus, so the Constitution has been amended only 17 times following the adoption of the Bill of Rights | ||
* as a result, the Constitution has been effectively amended by judicial interpretation, mostly through the Commerce, General Welfare and Necessary and Proper clauses}}''', 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|"when ratified by": | * as a result, the Constitution has been effectively amended by judicial interpretation, mostly through the Commerce, General Welfare and Necessary and Proper clauses}}''', 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 '''{{#tip-text:three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof|"when ratified by": | ||
* 3/4ths of the states or | * 3/4ths of the states or | ||
* conventions in 3/4ths of the states | * conventions in 3/4ths of the states | ||