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- From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Subject: Re: U.S. Constitution
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.121745.21162@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:17:45 GMT
- References: <1992Oct28.195546.18934@ulysses.att.com> <WCS.92Nov4184054@rainier.ATT.COM>
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- In article <WCS.92Nov4184054@rainier.ATT.COM>, wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705) writes:
- > There's been one Amendment since then, restricting Congress's ability
- > to raise its own pay. Originally proposed in the early 1800s,
- > and not having a time limit for its adoption, it was finally approved
- > by 3/4 of the states a few months ago.
-
- Yes, and I think it's going to make for an interesting Supreme Court case.
- I seem to recall an earlier court ruling that ratifications be ``substantially
- contemporaneous'', which sure doesn't apply here. And a lawsuit has been
- filed under that amendment, charging that a recent Congressional pay
- raise violates it.
-