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  2. Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) [1] to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred.

  3. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    State ratifying conventions in three-fourths of the states. [3] The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol. [4]

  4. Twenty-seventh Amendment - Wikipedia

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    Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (1992), which prohibits changes to Congress members' salaries from taking effect until after an election of representatives Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1971 amendment establishing the union territory of Manipur (granted full statehood in 1986)

  5. Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Congress proposed a revised version of the Seventh Amendment to the states on September 28, 1789, and by December 15, 1791, the necessary three-quarters of the states had ratified it. The Seventh Amendment is generally considered one of the more straightforward amendments of the Bill of Rights.

  6. Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amendment was first proposed during the 110th Congress as House Joint ...

  7. Trump calls for modifying 25th Amendment to make it possible ...

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    Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for modifying the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution and said if a vice president “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity ...

  8. Category : Amendments to the United States Constitution

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    Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; ... Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; B. United States Bill of Rights; R.

  9. Opinion: How and why the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was ... - AOL

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    25th Amendment was proposed to address issues of vacancy and temporary incapacity to serve as U.S. president. This is part of a Constitution series.