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And to satisfy constitutional purists, OLC noted that “Neither the constitutional text nor the drafting and ratification debates provide further guidance regarding what it means for the President to ‘sign’ a bill he approves….

Incompatible statutes on the question of citizenship were finally resolved after the abolition of slavery and the ratification of the 14th Amendment.

"Once an agreement is reached, further details of the treaty will be put before both Houses for scrutiny and treaty ratification in the usual way," a Number 10 spokesman said.

Ogles’ bill is nearly certain not to receive the needed two-thirds majorities in both houses of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of states, but it could land him on Trump’s radar.

Congress or the courts would need to take new action to extend or renew the deadline for ratification for the archivist to publish the amendment, the archivist said.