Friday, May 2, 2014

Amendment XXVII: Congressional Compensation

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.

Yet another house keeping amendment, this amendment was actually written by James Madison in the late 18th century. However, as it was only ratified by a handful of states, it did not become part of the Constitution. It was formally accepted and ratified and now sits last in line of the amendments of the conversation.

Congressmen now have better checks and balances upon themselves: now they cannot pass laws to their own personal benefit. Is this a good thing, of course! If you don't agree (or are a congressman) comment below and tell me why not.

It took over 200 years for James Madison's amendment to finally be accepted, but here we are now! What does this say about the state of the Union?

Click here, for more about this amendment.

No comments:

Post a Comment