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Well, amendments used to be more common. We just haven’t passed a non-academic one since 1971.
by bobthepanda 4y ago
Well, amendments used to be more common. We just haven’t passed a non-academic one since 1971.
- throwaway2037 4y agoI am confused by this post. From here: http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/education/all_amendments_usconst.htm http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/education/all_amendments_usconst.ht... I see the final amendment: << AMENDMENT XXVII - Originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992. No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. >> First: Holy Sh-t: This is a long time between propsal and passage / acceptance! Second: Do I misunderstand? Do you consider this amendment academic? It sounds like reps cannot increase compenstation during their term.
- bobthepanda 4y agoThe reason I call it academic is this: > The proposed congressional pay amendment was largely forgotten until 1982, when Gregory Watson, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin, wrote a paper for a government class in which he claimed that the amendment could still be ratified. He later launched a nationwide campaign to complete its ratification.[2][3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Historical_background https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_...