Constitution of the United States

Amend. XXVII. Laws Varying Compensation for Services of Senators and Representatives

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

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Editor's notes

The amendment above was proposed by Congress in 1789 and ratified by the required majority of states by virtue of the 38th ratification in 1992. The amendment was certified by the Archivist of the United States on May 18, 1992. See 57 Fed. Reg. 21,187 (1992).

Cross references

Salaries, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. 3, Sec. 4, Para. 6.

Law reviews

For article, “Constitutional Decision-Making Outside the Courts,” 19 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1123 (2003). For comment, Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Unenumerated Rights After Justice Thomas’s Dobbs Concurrence , 74 Mercer L. Rev. 661 (2022).

Other notes

Am. Jur. 2d.: 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 279.
C.J.S.: 91 C.J.S., United States, § 22.
ALR.: Construction and operation of Twenty-Seventh Amendment to United States Constitution relating to congressional compensation, 95 A.L.R.5th 459.

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