The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the Constitution. Under Article Five, the process to alter the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments, and subsequent ratification.Nothing in this section shall prevent the legislature from passing laws more restrictive than any of the provisions of this section. The Fifth Amendment provision barring the Government from taking private property for public use absent just compensation has its origin in common law. The Eleventh Amendment's text prohibits the federal courts from hearing certain lawsuits against states. Clark is a distinguished scholar of the second amendment. He's an advocate who helped to win a really important supreme court case. Privileges and immunities clause of state citizenship set out in Article IV, §2. ``As I stepped out of the aircraft, I looked up and saw the flag. Skyline High School observes Constitution Day and Citizenship Day every year with a school assembly.