 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 trang
...ratified by the legis• laturesof three fourths of the states, or bjt conventions in three" fourths thereof." The words of this article are peremptory....convention." Nothing in this particular is left to discretion. Of consequence all the declamation about the disinclination to a change, vanishes in air.... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 trang
..." ratified by the legislatures of three-fourihs of the states " or by conventions in three- fourths thereof." The words of this article are peremptory....convention." Nothing in this particular is left to discretion. Of consequence all the declamation about the disinclination to a change, vanishes in air.... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 736 trang
...ratified by the legislatures of " three fourths of the states, or by conventions in three fourths " thereof." The words of this article are peremptory....convention." Nothing in this particular is left to discretion. Of consequence, all the declamation about the disinclination to a change, vanishes in air.... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1837 - 516 trang
...ratified "by the legislatures of three fourths of the states, or by con" ventions in three fourths thereof." The words of this article are peremptory....convention." Nothing in this particular is left to discretion. Of consequence, all the declamation about the disinclination to a change, vanishes in air.... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1848 - 304 trang
...for any amendment, will seldom be obtained. And then to get a proposed amendment ratified by either the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths of them, would seem to be still more difficult. If a more easy mode had been provided, alterations... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1848 - 244 trang
...or of the states to propose amendments, and then to get the proposed amendments ratified, either by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths of them, is very difficult. This is right. If the constitution could be altered by a bare majority,... | |
 | 1849 - 626 trang
...proposed ' shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by congress.' It is the act of adoption... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1856 - 930 trang
...&c., which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths "thereof." It would be absurd to admit the Legislature to be the State, for, in that case, there would be no State... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1856 - 924 trang
...&.C., which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof." It would be absurd to admit the Legislature to be the State, for, in that case, there would be no State... | |
 | 1857 - 504 trang
...which " shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the constj" tution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the " states, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof." The wcuxis of this article are peremptory. The congress "shall call 3 convention." Nothing in this particular... | |
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States (which at present amount to nine), to call a convention for proposing amendments, which shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the States, or by conventions... 
