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Edit: Anyone thinking that an Amendment is a constitutional right should consider taking a few government classes. Amendments can be altered and even appealed if the government sees fit.
If you don't believe me then feel free to check out the Eighteenth Amendment.
If a "Constitutional Right" can be appealed then its not a right. Instead, it is a privilege because privileges can be taken away.
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So much stupid in so few words...
Constitutional amendments, once ratified, have the same status and legal force as any other part of the Constitution--they become part of the Constitution.
That's why ratifying an amendment requires 2/3 approval by both houses of Congress, AND the approval of 3/4 of the states. The relevant section of the Constitution is cited below...
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case,
shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress