On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:09:19 -0800 (PST), wrote:


Mucking with the Constitution takes practically an act of God; a 2/3 majority of everyone to agree to the change.

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Amendments may be proposed by either:

- two-thirds of both houses of the United States Congress; or

- by a national convention assembled at the request of the
legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states.

To become part of the Constitution, amendments must then be ratified
either by approval of:

- the legislatures of three-fourths of the states; or

- state ratifying conventions held in three-fourths of the states.

Congress has discretion as to which method of ratification should be
used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Five_of_the_United_States_Constitution

just sayin'