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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 '''{{#tip-text:in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article|no Amendment prior to 1808: | * Congress may require one or the other mode}}''' may be proposed by the Congress; <span style="background-color:#cccccc> 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: | * prohibits amendment prior to 1808 of: | ||
* Article 1, Section 9: direct tax clause | * 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 | * Article 1, Section 9: slave trade ban prohibition | ||
* both clauses were annulled by Amendments 16 and 13 respectively)}}'''</span>; 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}}''' . | ||
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