Article V describes the process for amending the Constitution. But the framers intended for the amendment process to be difficult.Then, threefourths of all states must ratify the amendment, either in their statehouses or at a special convention. The last article (XIII) provided that any amendment to the Articles needed the approval of Congress and the unanimous ratification of the state legislatures. Amendment One to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Constitutional amendment process has just two steps proposal and approval as outlined in Article 5 of the U.S Constitution. More than 11,000 amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed, but only 27 have been ratified. Must ordinarily be found in ''the political process.''253. Establishes the process for the document's ratification and amendment; Outlines many rights and freedoms of the people. What does it take to add an amendment to California's Constitution?