Assertion: amendment | /r/HasProperty | ratified by required number of states
Facets:
value: on december
type: TEMPORAL
value: in order to become
type: PURPOSE
value: within seven years
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Beginning in the early 20th century, Congress has usually, but not always, stipulated that an amendment must be ratified by the required number of states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states in order to become part of the Constitution.
text: An amendment becomes an operative part of the Constitution when it is ratified by the necessary number of states, rather than on the later date when its ratification is certified.
text: Few observers believed that the amendment would ever be ratified by the required thirty-eight states, but the tally of ratifying states began to mount.
text: The amendment was ratified by the required number of states on December 6, 1865.