The Amendments are the formal changes to the constitutions
Explanation:
The constitutional convention called by Congress is a method for proposing amendments that has never been used.
A two stage amendment process is mentioned in the article V of the constitution
- The first stage is the proposal stage-An amendment can be proposed by either a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a constitutional convention called by Congress at the request of the legislatures in two-thirds of the states. (The constitutional convention method has never been used to propose an amendment)
- The second stage is the ratification stage. For a proposed amendment to be ratified, it must be approved by legislatures in three-fourths of the states or by special ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states.
