State Legislatures.
The lower house of the US Congress and other legislatures, including most US state governments. web definition
Ratification by state legislatures has been used for all amendments except the 21st. The 21st anemdment was ratified by the state conventions.
The most common method is Congress approving the new amendment with a 2/3rd majority. Once Congress approves the measure it is sent to the states to decide if they want the amendment. It will pass once 3/4th of the states approve the new amendment.
Are you thinking of Nebraska, which has a unicameral legislature? That means there is only one house. Every other state has two houses, just like the US Congress. The upper house is usually called the Senate, but the lower house may be called the Assembly (in NY), the House of Delegates (in VA), or whatever.
bicameral
bicameral legislatures mirroring the US Congress: a House and a Senate
no
no
no
State Legislatures.
That most power should be in the state legislatures
legislatures were bicameral
Yes. All states besides Nebreska are bicameral.
Nearly all of the state constitutions written in the late 1770s placed most of the power in the legislatures. Legislatures were extensions of the English government in the US colonies.
Limited
Ratification by the three-fourths of the state legislatures