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In 1982 an American undergrad student argued that a constitutional amendment proposed in 1789 could still be approved by Congress. When he received a "C," he started a letter writing campaign and got the amendment ratified. His grade was changed to an "A" in 2016.
The 27th amendment, which forbids congress from raising their own pay during their term, was proposed by James Madison in 1789 and wasn't ratified until 1992.
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I learned the 27th Amendment, proposed in 1789, took over 200 years to be ratified; it was all but forgotten until a law student discovered it in 1982 and campaigned for its ratification.
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There are 4 proposed US constitutional amendments that are technically still pending, the first of which was proposed in 1789.
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11,623 constitutional amendments were proposed between 1789 and 2014, and just 27 were adopted.
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The Congressional Apportionment Amendment. The only unratified amendment of the 12 original amendments proposed by the 1st Congress of the United States in 1789. It would determine the appropriate size of the House of Reps based on the decennial census.
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The most recent amendment to the US constitution was originally proposed in 1789
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The 27th US Constitutional amendment was proposed in 1789 but wasn't ratified until 1992 through the efforts of one man over ten years, all to prove a point to his college professor who gave him a bad grade on his paper about the proposal.
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The 27th amendment of the US constitution, the most recent amendment, was ratified in May 1992 but was originally proposed in Sept. 1789
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There is a proposed amendment to the US Constitution that has been pending since September 25, 1789.
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