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Der Begriff "legislatures" in Artikel V bezeichnet "deliberative, representative bodies of the type which in 1789 exercised the legislative power in the several States. It does not comprehend the popular referendum which has subsequently become a part of the legislative process in many of the States, nor may a State validly condition ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment on its approval by such a referendum", vgl. Das [sic] Urteil des US-Supreme Court in Hawke v. Smith, 253 U.S.221, 231 (1920) sowie Leser v. Garnett, 258 U.S. 130, 137 (1922): "[t]he function of a state legislature in ratifying a proposed amendment to the Federal Constituion, like the function of Congress in proposing the amendment, is a federal function derived from the Federal Constitution; and it transcends any limitations sought to be imposed by the people of a State." |
The term "legislatures" as used in Article V means deliberative, representative bodies of the type which in 1789 exercised the legislative power in the several States. It does not comprehend the popular referendum which has subsequently become a part of the legislative process in many of the States, nor may a State validly condition ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment on its approval by such a referendum.[Fn 66 Hawke v. Smith, 253 U.S. 221, 231 (1920).] In the words of the Court: "[T]he function of a state legislature in ratifying a proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution, like the function of Congress in proposing the amendment, is a federal function derived from the Federal Constitution; and it transcends any limitations sought to be imposed by the people of a State."[Fn 67 Leser v. Garnett, 258 U.S. 130, 137 (1922).] [66] Hawke v. Smith, 253 U.S. 221, 231 (1920). [67] Leser v. Garnett, 258 U.S. 130, 137 (1922). |
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