Dec. 28, 2020
A case for making it easier to amend the United States Constitution
Article V should be amended by reducing the state ratification threshold from three-fourths to two-thirds. This would make the process of amending the Constitution a little easier. And it would align the United States with other Western democracies.
Roy UIrich
Professor
UC Berkeley
Roy teaches constitutional law.
The familiar part of Article V of the U.S. Constitution says that Congress, with the two-thirds approval of both the House and the Senate, can propose amendments to the Constitution, subject to ratification by three-fourths of the states.
Article V should be amended by reducing the state ratification threshold from three-fourths to two-thirds. This would make the process of amending the Constitution a little easier. And it would ali...
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