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  4. From: symanzik@pigeon.egr.msu.edu (Edward Symanzik)
  5. Subject: Re: U.S. Constitution
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.134326.23928@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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  8. Organization: College of Engineering, Michigan State University
  9. References: <1992Oct28.195546.18934@ulysses.att.com> <WCS.92Nov4184054@rainier.ATT.COM> <1992Nov5.121745.21162@ulysses.att.com>
  10. Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 13:43:26 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Nov5.121745.21162@ulysses.att.com>, smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
  14. |> In article <WCS.92Nov4184054@rainier.ATT.COM>, wcs@anchor.ho.att.com (Bill Stewart +1-908-949-0705) writes:
  15. |> > There's been one Amendment since then, restricting Congress's ability
  16. |> > to raise its own pay.  Originally proposed in the early 1800s,
  17. |> > and not having a time limit for its adoption, it was finally approved
  18. |> > by 3/4 of the states a few months ago.
  19. |> 
  20. |> Yes, and I think it's going to make for an interesting Supreme Court case.
  21. |> I seem to recall an earlier court ruling that ratifications be ``substantially
  22. |> contemporaneous'', which sure doesn't apply here.  And a lawsuit has been
  23. |> filed under that amendment, charging that a recent Congressional pay
  24. |> raise violates it.
  25.  
  26. Am I missing something here?  Didn't we just have an election?
  27.  
  28. /Ed Symanzik
  29.