twenty-third amendment

Examples of twenty-third amendment in the following topics:

• The 23rd Amendment

  • The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President.
  • Constitution is amended.
  • The amendment (as a resolution) was passed by Congress on August 22, 1978, but failed to be ratified by the required 38 states prior to its expiration on August 22, 1985.
  • A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• The Twenty-Seven Amendments of the U.S. Constitution

  • The twenty-seven amendments serve two purposes: to protect the liberties of the people and to change original codes from the constitution.
  • There are 27 amendments to the constitution, the first 10 being the Bill of Rights .
  • The 21st makes the 18th amendment inactive, thereby un-banning alcohol.
  • The 22nd amendment states that no one can be elected President more than 2 terms.
  • Recall the number of amendments to the Constitution and their aims

• The 21st Amendment

  • The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920.
  • The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
  • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• Article V

  • Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered; altering the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments and subsequent ratification.
  • 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.

• The 24th Amendment

  • The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
  • The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964.
  • Ratification of the amendment took only slightly more than a year, however, as it was rapidly ratified by state legislatures across the country from August 1962 to January 1964.
  • President Johnson called the amendment a "triumph of liberty over restriction" and "a verification of people's rights. " States that maintained the poll tax were more reserved.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• The 27th Amendment

  • The Twenty-seventh Amendment, adopted in 1992, prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives.
  • Congressional cost of living adjustments (COLAs) have been upheld against legal challenges based on this amendment.
  • Anderson, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Twenty-seventh Amendment does not affect annual COLAs.
  • Certification of the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution Pg 1 of 3.

• Formal Methods of Amending the Constitution

  • The formal amendment processes are enumerated in Article V of the Constitution.
  • If at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the states make the request, Congress is then required to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments.
  • The President has no formal role in the constitutional amendment process.
  • As previously stated, the Constitution requires that at least two-thirds of the members present of both the House of Representatives and the Senate the agree to a joint resolution which proposes a constitutional amendment.
  • Although a proposed amendment is effective after three-fourths of the states ratify it, states have, in many instances, ratified an amendment that has already become law, often for symbolic reasons.

• Amending the Constitution

  • The Articles of Confederation made amending the law very difficult, as all states had to agree to an amendment before it could pass.
  • There are two ways to propose amendments: First, states may call for a convention.
  • The other way is for Congress to pass amendments by a two-thirds majority in both the House and Senate.
  • Alternatively, an amendment can be ratified by three-fourths of specially convoked state convention.
  • Thus it was proved that a constitutional amendment can be stopped by one-third of either chamber of Congress or one-fourth of state legislatures.

• The Third Intermediate Period

  • The Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069-664 BCE) spanned the Twenty-first to Twenty-sixth Dynasties, and was marked by internal divisions within Egypt, as well as conquest and rule by foreigners.
  • The Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt began with the death of the last pharaoh of the New Kingdom, Ramesses XI in 1070 BCE, and ended with the start of the Postdynastic Period.
  • The Third Intermediate Period was one of decline and political instability.
  • The Twenty-second (c. 943-716 BCE) and Twenty-third (c. 880-720 BCE) Dynasties
  • Describe the general landscape of the political chaos during Third Intermediate Period

• "A More Perfect Union"

  • As the Articles could only be amended by unanimous vote of the states, any state had effective veto power over any proposed change.
  • Twenty-five of the Convention's 55 delegates owned slaves, including all of the delegates from Virginia and South Carolina.
  • It is a living and breathing document that can be amended with three-fourths of the state legislatures approval.
  • The first 10 amendments (additions to the Constitution), called the Bill of Rights, were added in 1791.
  • So far, there have been 27 amendments to the US Constitution.