Constitutional Law
Oct. 23, 2001
Court Must Enforce Limits on Congress' Authority to Spend
In 1982, while searching for a research paper topic, University of Texas graduate student Gregory Watson discovered that in addition to the 10 amendments that became our Bill of Rights, the first Congress had submitted two additional amendments to the states for ratification. He also discovered that one of those amendments, though not ratified at the time, was still viable because it did not contain a sunset provision limiting the time for ratification.
In 1982, while searching for a research paper topic, University of Texas graduate student Gregory Watson discovered that in addition to the 10 amendments that became our Bill of Rights, the first Congress had submitted two additional amendments to the states for ratification. He also discovered t...
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