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* note that Congress cannot ratify a proposed amendment}}''', as the one or the other '''{{#tip-text:Mode of Ratification|Mode of Ratification: | * note that Congress cannot ratify a proposed amendment}}''', as the one or the other '''{{#tip-text:Mode of Ratification|Mode of Ratification: | ||
* the "mode" refers to the form of ratification | * the "mode" refers to the form of ratification | ||
* Congress may require one or the other mode}}''' 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 '''{{#tip-text:equal Suffrage in the Senate|equal Suffrage in the Senate | * Congress may require one or the other mode}}''' 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 '''{{#tip-text:in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article|no Amendment prior to 1808: | ||
* prohibits amendment prior to 1808 of: | |||
* Article 1, Section 9: direct tax clause | |||
* Article 1, Section 9: slave trade ban prohibition}}'''; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its '''{{#tip-text:equal Suffrage in the Senate|equal Suffrage in the Senate | |||
* the Constitution here guarantees each state equal representation in the Senate | * the Constitution here guarantees each state equal representation in the Senate | ||
* but since clause is in Section V regarding amendment, it means that the Constitution can not be amended to "deprive" a state equal representation in the Senate}}'''. | * but since clause is in Section V regarding amendment, it means that the Constitution can not be amended to "deprive" a state equal representation in the Senate}}'''. | ||