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The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) [1] to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred.
The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4] Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process.
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (1992), which prohibits changes to Congress members' salaries from taking effect until after an election of representatives Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1971 amendment establishing the union territory of Manipur (granted full statehood in 1986)
The Bill of Rights, which includes the first ten amendments, as well as the Twenty-seventh Amendment, were proposed in part because of a Convention application by the New York and Virginia legislatures at the suggestion of a letter from the New York State Convention to ratify the Constitution. The convention would have been limited to those ...
As a result, by May 1992, enough states had approved Article Two (38 of the 50 states in the Union) for it to become the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment's adoption was certified by Archivist of the United States Don W. Wilson and subsequently affirmed by a vote of Congress on May 20, 1992. [85]
Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; B. United States Bill of Rights; R.
By Jonathan Stempel. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a New York City law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants.
Article Two became part of the Constitution May 7, 1992 as the Twenty-seventh Amendment. [73] Article One is technically still pending before the states. [38] November 16 • Second ratifying convention begins in Fayetteville, North Carolina. [74] November 21 • Ratification North Carolina becomes the twelfth state to ratify the Constitution ...