Morgan Ortagus

Take a lesson from President Obama, and don't go around Congress. When given the opportunity to work with lawmakers on the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement, Obama chose to forgo the hard fight of treaty ratification and instead ruled by executive order. And now the United States is party to neither pact.

American Public Servant

Charles A. Beard

At no time during the period intervening between the ratification of the Constitution and the inauguration of the new government were the leaders in Federalism certain that the agrarian party, which had opposed the Constitution, might not render the instrument ineffectual by securing possession of Congress.

American Historian

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification.

American Judge

Thomas Day

But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification.

British Author

Kayleigh McEnany

While women were finally given the right to vote in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Republican Party began to pave the way for women's suffrage decades earlier.

Bob Latta

Let all Americans sit down and read this great document. Since the Constitution's ratification, it has been the framework for our great nation.

American Politician

Mike Parson

The ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote marked a major turning point for America.

Douglas Southall Freeman

Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.

Ratification is done by an authoritative body, like a government or organization.

Requires Authority

Ratification typically follows negotiations or drafting and is the last step to make something official.

Final Step

Ratification can be immediate or take time, especially if further approval is needed.

May Be Delayed

In unions and organizations, ratification often requires members' vote before it's accepted.

Member Approval

Even after negotiations, entities can reject ratification, preventing an agreement.

Can Be Rejected

Ratification indicates a consensus or general agreement among the deciding group.

Reflects Consensus

 apparently the bell lies in the Liberty Bell Center in addition to those monuments Philadelphia is home to the National Constitution Center this museum is dedicated to the Constitution its ratification and the amendments that succeeded it right now I'm standing on the campus of the University of

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 and that's just the first step. To actually change the Constitution, the amendment must be ratified by three-quarters of all states. To do this, each state can either have its legislature vote on the amendment, or it can hold a separate ratification convention with delegates elected by voters.

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 taxation power, and how to elect the president, their proposal gradually gained support. But the final text drafted in September still had to be approved by conventions held in the states. So over the next few months, ratification would be debated across the young nation.

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 And so the protesters demanded, very simply, that the pact be scraped, and the government to institute a more transparent ratification process. And that drew widespread public support. It ended a little more than three weeks later, after the government promised and agreed

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 pushing the ratification of the UN Convention there is a subsequent Condor we are Germany it's not ratifying why because it would make it necessary to criminalize the corruption of Deputies in Germany we have a system where you

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 In Germany, we are pushing the ratification of the UN convention, which is a subsequent convention. We are, Germany, is not ratifying. Why? Because it would make it necessary to criminalize the corruption of deputies.

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 legal and then we can cooperate in a sustainable fishing following in the footsteps of successful regional partnerships shared management of shared fish stocks went global with the ratification of the port state

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 after its unanimous ratification by the US Senate. And this is something that's truly worth celebrating. In fact, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.

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 but it doesn't come into force until ratification, and the president -- no president can ratify a treaty without the consent of the Senate. So we feel really strongly