The American Constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document over time.

Since 1787, the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. The most recent amendment, however, had a path to ratification,

which was far different than any of the 26th before it. Learn more about the 27th amendment, and the very circuitous route it took to ratification

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The 27th Amendment is pretty short, so I'll just read it in its entirety.

Quote, no law varying the compensation for the services entirety. have intervened." end quote. Basically, Congress can't give itself a pay raise until there's been an election.

As amendments go, it's pretty non-controversial.

It became part of the Constitution on May 18th, 1992,

when the archivist of the United States approved that three quarters of the states

had approved the amendment.

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