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Shrek

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8. It was in the congressional resolution

Reply to eShirl (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:43 PM

8 hrs ago

That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:

Following Supreme Court precedent from Dillon v. Gloss:

Primary Holding

It is not unconstitutional for Congress to require that a new constitutional amendment must be passed within a certain time.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/256/368/

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