MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE US CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE ARTICLES AND AMENDMENTS
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Detailed explanation-1: -The founders also specified a process by which the Constitution may be amended, and since its ratification, the Constitution has been amended 27 times.
Detailed explanation-2: -No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992, although there have been over 11, 000 amendments proposed since 1789. Article V of the Constitution provides two ways to propose amendments to the document.
Detailed explanation-4: -The story of the “compensation amendment” dates to the first session of Congress in 1789, when James Madison introduced a mid-term pay raise ban as one of several amendments to the Constitution.
Detailed explanation-5: -With no time limit on ratification, the Twenty-seventh Amendment was ratified in May 7, 1992, when Michigan approved it.