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It is the most recent amendment to the United States Constitution. It was submitted by Congress to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789.
The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 was the most important amendments in the constitution of 1973.
Constitutional amendments are proposed in the legislature along with bills, though they must undergo more stringent procedures in order to be ratified.
Article V of the US Constitution contains a most unusual option; unusual because it has never been used in the history of the country. Why? Because Congress refuses to obey this provision, which says that Congress "shall" convene a convention of state delegates with the power to propose amendments to the Constitution. The one and only explicit requirement has long been satisfied. Much more than 2/3 of the states have asked for a convention. In fact, over 750 applications from all 50 states have been submitted; they can be examine on the website of Friends of the Article V Convention at foavc.org.
In the United States, a change in the US Constitution is called an amendment. The Constitution itself describes what must be done to make a change in that governing document. Other nations with a constitution also have their own ways of changing their own constitution.