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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 1808, 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.
<div class="portal" style='float:left; width:65%'>====United States Constitution====* [[Constitution of the United States : Preamble]]* [[Constitutionof the United States: Preamble Article I]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Article II]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Article III]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Article IV]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Article V]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Article VI]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Article VII]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Bill of Rights]]* [[Constitution of the United States: Amendments XI - XXVII]]</div>* United States Constitution: Article V from [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp| The Avalon Project]
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