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  4. From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
  5. Subject: Re: U.S. Constitution
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.042146.1629@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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  9. Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
  10. References: <1992Oct28.195546.18934@ulysses.att.com> <WCS.92Nov4184054@rainier.ATT.COM> <1992Nov5.121745.21162@ulysses.att.com>
  11. Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 04:21:46 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Nov5.121745.21162@ulysses.att.com> smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
  15. >Yes, and I think it's going to make for an interesting Supreme Court case.
  16. >I seem to recall an earlier court ruling that ratifications be ``substantially
  17. >contemporaneous'', which sure doesn't apply here.  And a lawsuit has been
  18. >filed under that amendment, charging that a recent Congressional pay
  19. >raise violates it.
  20.  
  21. Actually, the Court ruling required that all future amendment have a
  22. time limit on them. It did not apply that standard to past amendments.
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  24.                                             Frank Crary       
  25.                                             CU Boulder
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