一份得C的作业,推动美国宪法修正案

• 作 者: 王瑞恩
• 出 处: 读者(原创版)
• 发表日期: 2004年期
• 关键词: 宪法修正案 员不得 美国宪法 奥斯汀 修改宪法 Gregory Watson 缅因州 怀俄明州 科罗拉多州

1982年,得克萨斯州大学奥斯汀分校一名叫Gregory Watson的学生写宪法课期末论文时发现了一件怪事:有一条203年前提交国会讨论的宪法修正案还没有接受各州表决。按照美国宪法,只要有两院2/3的代表支持,国会就可以建议修改宪法;只要有3/4的州赞成,该修正案就可以获得通过,并在全国范围内生效。Gregory发现,有一条“国会议员不得在国会召开期间提议给自己涨工资”的修正案已经获得2/3的两院代

In 1982, a student named Gregory Watson of the University of Texas at Austin wrote a final part of his constitutional class essay and found a strange thing: a constitutional amendment to be submitted to the Diet 203 years ago has not yet been accepted by the states. According to the U.S. Constitution, as long as two-thirds of the two chambers support it, the Diet can propose amendments to the constitution. As long as three-quarters of the states agree, the amendment can be passed and will take effect nationwide. Gregory found that one of the two “two-thirds” amendments that “a member of the Diet may not propose to raise his own salary during parliament”