Portal:Unsuccessful attempts to amend the United States Constitution
There have been over ten thousand attempts to amend the United States Constitution. This is a list of several notable attempts.
Unratified amendments approved by Congress
[edit]- Equal Rights Amendment (ratified by 38 states and Congress; implementation uncertain)
- Congressional Apportionment Amendment (pending before the States)
- Titles of Nobility Amendment (pending before the States)
- Corwin Amendment (pending before the States)
- Child Labor Amendment (pending before the States)
- District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
Proposed amendments not approved by Congress
[edit]- Balanced Budget Amendment
- Birthright Citizenship Abolition Amendment
- Blaine Amendment
- Bricker Amendment
- Death Penalty Abolition Amendment
- Electoral College Abolition Amendment (1949)
- Electoral College Abolition Amendment (1969)
- Electoral College Abolition Amendment (2005)
- English Official Language Amendment
- Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment
- Executive-Legislative Cooperation Amendment
- Federal Marriage Amendment
- Flag Desecration Amendment (1991)
- Flag Desecration Amendment (1993-2006)
- Human Life Amendment
- Income Tax Abolition Amendment
- Line Item Veto Amendment
- Presidential Election Amendments (1968)
- Recall of Senators and Representatives Amendment
- Religious Freedom Restoration Amendment
- Representation Based on Citizenship Amendment
- School Prayer Amendment
- Victims' Rights Amendment
- Vote of No Confidence Amendment
Some or all works listed in this portal are in the public domain in the United States because they are works of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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