Constitution 202 facts
While investigating facts about Constitution 202, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, which delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives, took 202 years to pass. It was outstanding from Sept 25, 1789 until May 5, 1992.
A student doing research came across a long forgotten amendment that was excluded from the Bill of rights. He reintroduced it and campaigned for its ratification. 202 years later on May 7th 1992 it became part of the Constitution.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 11 of the best facts about Constitution 202 I managed to collect.
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Article 1 of the first 12 proposed amendments to the US constitution is still pending ratification for over 202 years.
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The most recent U.S. Constitutional Amendment took 202 years to ratify.
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The most recently ratified amendment to the U.S. Constitution was among the first proposed but took 202 years to pass
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It took took the 27th amendment to the US Constitution 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days to be ratified
