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Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. Gives text, ratification dates and states, history and links. |
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Twenty-Seventh Amendment - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SConRes120:
Sources on the Amendment at the Library of Congress. |
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FindLaw - The Telling Tale of Twenty-Seventh Amendment - http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20020927.html
History and court challenges are discussed by John Dean, former counsel to the President. |
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Congressional Pay Amendment - http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/congress.17.htm
Opinion from the Department of Justice on the period of time used for ratification of this amendment. |
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Gregory Watson - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Watson
Article on the person who pushed ratification of the twenty-seventh amendment. |