An Overview of the 27th Amendment
What is the 27th Amendment?
“No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.”
The 27th Amendment Defined
Date Proposed
The 27th Amendment was passed on September 25th, 1789
Date Passed
The 27th Amendment was passed May 7th, 1992
President of the United States
Bill Clinton was the President of the United States during the ratification of the 27th Amendment
Stipulations of the 27th Amendment
The 27th Amendment is the most recent constitutional amendment passed; as of 2011, there have been 27 Constitutional Amendments passed with regard to the Constitution of the United States of America
The 27th Amendment addresses the salary rate of members of Congress, which is comprised of a bicameral legislature – the Senate and the House of Representatives
The 27th Amendment stipulates that members of the Congress are not permitted to adjust their respective wage earnings in the middle of a term; in the event of a proposed wage adjustment, members of Congress must address any or all concerns with regard to wage adjustment prior to the starting of a new Congressional term
27th Amendment Facts
The 27th Amendment has never been cited within a Supreme Court Hearing
The 27th Amendment addresses the adjustment of costs of living with regard to inflation
The 27th Amendment is considered to be the Constitutional Amendment with the longest duration of time between the initial proposal and subsequent ratification; the 22nd Amendment is considered to maintain the second-longest duration of 4 years between proposal and passing
States Ratifying the 27th Amendment
1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Arkansas
5. California
6. Colorado
7. Connecticut
8. Delaware
9. Florida
10. Georgia
11. Hawaii
12. Idaho
13. Illinois
14. Indiana
15. Iowa
16. Kansas
17. Kentucky
18. Louisiana
19. Maine
20. Maryland
21. Michigan
22. Minnesota
23. Missouri
24. Montana
25. Nevada
26. New Hampshire
27. New Jersey
28. New Mexico
29. North Carolina
30. North Dakota
31. Ohio
32. Oklahoma
33. Oregon
34. Rhode Island
35. South Carolina
36. South Dakota
37. Tennessee
38. Texas
39. Utah
40. Vermont
41. Virginia
42. Washington
43. West Virginia
44. Wisconsin
45. Wyoming
States Not Participatory in the Ratification of the 27th Amendment
1. Massachusetts
2. Mississippi
3. Nebraska
4. New York
5. Pennsylvania
Court Cases Associated with the 27th Amendment
Coleman v. Miller (1939) – this court case addressed controversy surrounding the Amendment process with regard to the regulation of time elapsed between the initial passing of an amendment and its eventual ratification
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