Ratified 1992 facts
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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.
A UT-Austin undergrad wrote a paper proposing ratifying a long-dormant Constitutional amendment. He got a 'C', started a movement, and it was ratified in 1992.
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The original Bill of Rights was to consist of 12 Amendments. However, the states only ratified Articles 3-12. Article 2 was ratified in 1992, and Article 1 is still pending to this day.
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The last amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the 27th amendment, which delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives, was submitted in 1789, but was't ratified until 1992, 202 years later.
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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
