When ratifying a formal amendment to the Constitution, the ratifying bodies must get the support of at least three-fourths of the ratifying bodies.
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They would not have enough state votes to pass the constitution if slavery was outlawed by it. The south would have voted against it.
Ratifying means it was signed into approval, making it officially valid. Federations usually require support of federal government and a certain percentage of the constituent government for amendments to the constitution to take effect.
It is not an amendment in the US Constitution that says 'all men are created equal'. It is in the opening statement of the Declaration of Independence.
Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution in 1791. Please support commonsense grammar.
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