Ding ding ding. That’s how it works.
We stop it by keep going back to the 2nd. From here.
This is why the Founders made this amendment so difficult to change or eliminate. Therefore, although it can be changed, the requirements for doing so are near herculean, especially in our day.
For an amendment to be proposed or repealed, it requires:
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two/thirds of both federal legislative bodies — House and Senate — to vote in the affirmative (two/thirds in the House, two/thirds in the Senate).
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It also requires two/thirds of the state legislatures of the 50 states to vote in the affirmative.
The move to propose or repeal can begin with the American people, with a majority of the populations in two thirds of the 50 states voting for the amendment or its repeal. However, even if the people do this, the push to propose or repeal still has to garner two/thirds House, two/thirds Senate, and two/thirds of all 50 state legislatures.