Dr. Jennifer Davenport, MD, is a Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) specialist in Carlsbad, New Mexico. She attended and graduated from University Of Kansas School Of Medicine in 2001, having over 17 years of diverse experience, especially in Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology). She is affiliated with many hospitals including Presbyterian Hospital.
See the Ratification Convention Page for a discussion of the make up of a convention. Amendments are sent to the legislatures of the states by default. Only one amendment, the 21st, specified a convention. In any case, passage by the legislature or convention is by simple majority. The Constitution, then, spells out four paths for an amendment: 1  Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state conventions (never used). 2  Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state legislatures (never used).
Congress' authority to set ratification deadline was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939). The mechanism for amending the United States Constitution was developed during the closing days of the 1787 Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.his list contains proposed amendments to the United States Constitution. Article Five of the United States Constitution provides for two methods for proposing and two methods for the ratification of an amendment.