Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100810:03:34:00
The last constitutional amendment to pass before the 27th, before the salary rule, was 20 years before that it was the 26th amendment. it established the natural voting age at 18 years old. constitutional amendments are very difficult to get through. take the equal rights amendment, for example. it affirms that men and women have equal rights under the law. simple enough, right? au contraire, mon frer. it was in 1923 just a few years after women won the right to vote, like actual citizens. then for the next 50-ish years, the amendment was introduced in every single congressional session, every...