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    The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution states that...
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    The Seventh Amendment (Amendment VII) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial...
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  • The Twenty-seventh Amendment may refer to: Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (1992), which prohibits changes to Congress members'...
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  • Thumbnail for List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States
    Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification...
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    an additional amendment ratified more than two centuries later to become the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. April 1, 1789:...
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    The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791,...
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  • it at the same nominal amount since 2009. The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1992, prohibits any law affecting...
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    The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting...
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    The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually...
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    The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to...
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    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate...
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    of the United States Constitution describes the procedure for altering the Constitution. Under Article Five, the process to alter the Constitution consists...
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    The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses...
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  • A convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also referred to as an Article V Convention, state convention, or amendatory convention...
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  • Amending the Constitution of India is the process of making changes to the nation's fundamental law or supreme law. The procedure of amendment in the constitution...
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  • – September 20, 1995 The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, May 5, 1992 The United States and allies enforce a no-fly...
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    constitutional amendment. Article VII establishes the procedure subsequently used by the 13 states to ratify it. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest...
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    Congress in December 1923 as a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution. The purpose of the ERA is to guarantee equal legal rights for all American...
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  • Thumbnail for Signing of the United States Constitution
    The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to...
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    however, the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a change in salary (but not COLA) from taking effect until after the next...
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    The Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Twenty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1971, curtailed the fundamental...
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  • List of legal abbreviations (category United States-centric)
    — Claim 1A First Amendment to the United States Constitution through 27A Twenty-Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution A. — Atlantic Reporter...
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  • below: List of amendments of the Constitution of India Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution "Sixty First Amendment". Indiacode.nic...
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    Article One of the Constitution of the United States establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article...
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  • multiple people Gregory Watson, reviver of the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution Hamish Watson (rugby union) (born 1991), Scottish...
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    political issue throughout United States history. Eligibility to vote in the United States is governed by the United States Constitution and by federal and state...
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    officially certified the ratification of the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution and on May 19, 1992, printed it in the Federal Register...
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    1789, the Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; particularly important amendments include the ten amendments of the United States Bill of...
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    The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, popularly known as the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 (ISO 15919: Nārī Śakti Vandan Adhiniyam)...
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  • to intimidate is a violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution. However, states may still ban cross burning with intent to intimidate due to...
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