The Constitution of the United States, which entered into force in 1789, is the oldest written national constitution in use. The framers of the U.S. The Constitution contained a clause whereby the text may be amended by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress, usually (although not solely) followed by ratification by legislatures in three-fourths of the States. (Only one amendment, the Twenty-fifth Amendment, repealing Prohibition, was ratified by ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states in an alternative way.) The Constitution has been revised 27 times since 1789; the first 10 of those amendments are generally referred to as the Bill of Rights and were certified on December 15 , 1791.
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