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Ratification is a prin****l's
legal confirmation of an act of its agent. In
international law,
ratification is the
process by
which a
state declares its...
- the
states for
ratification since the
Constitution was put into
operation on
March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those,
having been
ratified by the requisite...
- ERA
three short of the
necessary 38 states for
ratification. Even so,
there are
ongoing efforts to
ratify the amendment. The
purpose of the ERA is to guarantee...
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Federalist Papers, in
support of
ratification.
Before year's end,
three state legislatures voted in
favor of
ratification.
Delaware was first,
voting unanimously...
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Virginia ratifying convention and
their vote on
ratification. A
total of 170
delegates were elected. Of these, 168
voted on
ratification: 89 for, 79...
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legislatures for
ratification. That
process was
completed on
February 27, 1951, when the
requisite 36 of the 48
states had
ratified the
amendment (neither...
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deadlines for the
ratification of
proposed amendments, but most
amendments proposed since 1917 have
included a
deadline for
ratification.
Legal scholars...
- of
ratification by New
Jersey and Ohio were illegitimate, then the
amendment had
become part of the
Constitution on July 9, 1868, with
ratification by...
- push for
ratification with a letter-writing
campaign to
state legislatures. In
Dillon v. Gloss, the
Supreme Court remarked that "
ratification [of a proposed...
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opponents of the
ratification of the
Constitution objected that it
contained no bill of rights. So, in
order to
secure ratification,
Madison agreed to...
