Question

Backers of a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution might consider the following strategy:

A. seeking support for such an amendment through approval by at least 34 state conventions, as almost occurred in the 1980s.


B. mounting a federal court case and seeking appeals to the Supreme Court.


C. pursuing approval of an amendment in the House and Senate, to then be sent to state legislatures.


D. collecting signatures to mount the proposal as a national referendum.

C ?

Answer 1

Either A or C would be options. Since A "almost occurred" but did not, C might be a useful course of action.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

Yes, option C is correct. Backers of a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution can pursue approval of an amendment in the House and Senate, which would then be sent to state legislatures for ratification. This is the traditional pathway for amending the Constitution outlined in Article V. Obtaining approval from two-thirds of both the House and the Senate (or through a Constitutional Convention called by two-thirds of the states) is the first step, after which the proposed amendment is sent to the state legislatures for ratification by three-fourths (or 38) of the states. This is the most common strategy used to seek constitutional amendments.