When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
27th Amendment The 27th Amendment was originally proposed on September 25, 1789, as an article in the original Bill of Rights. It did not pass the required number of states with the articles we now know as the first ten amendments. It sat, unratified and with no expiration date, in constitutional limbo, for more than 80 years when Ohio ratified it to protest a congressional pay hike; no other states followed Ohio's lead, however. Again it languished, for more than 100 years.
In 1978, Wyoming ratified the amendment, but there was again, no follow-up by the remaining states. Then, in the early 1980's, Gregory Watson, an aide to a Texas legislator, took up the proposed amendment's cause. From 1983 to 1992, the requisite number of states ratified the amendment, and it was declared ratified on May 7, 1992 (74,003 days).
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Notes for this amendment: Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 5/7/1992 History Article 1, Section 6
Calculation results From date: Friday, April 14, 1820 Added 74,003 days
Resulting date: Thursday, November 24, 2022
Hey, it's only another It is 5391 days from the start date (2/20/08) to the end date (11/24/2022), but not including the end date
Or 14 years, 9 months, 4 days excluding the end date (from today).
And yes, that will be Thanksgiving, interesting considering we might pass a law that was originally thought up by the first settlers on a local level by then.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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