The United States Constitution spells out a very specific process for how to amend the document.

First, Congress must vote to approve the amendment. Then the amendment is sent to the state legislatures for ratification.

Most amendments never make it through congress. But what happens when an amendment makes it through congress but then doesn’t get approved by the states?

Learn more about unratified amendments, and how some of them have become immortal.
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