Three Failed Constitutional Amendments
The United States Constitution had been in effect for little more than a year when Congress first moved to amend it. Only a fraction of the nearly 12,000 proposed amendments to the Constitution have been ratified into law.
On September 25, 1789, Congress sent a dozen proposed amendments to the then-13 states for ratification. By December 15, 1791, 10 of the 12 amendments were ratified, becoming known as the Bill of Rights. Since then, 17 more amendments have been ratified, totaling 27.
Nearly 12,000 amendments have been proposed in Congress, but only a few have been ratified. Here are three failed amendments and their intended purposes.
- Proposed amendments aimed to reshape American history.
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Author's summary: Failed amendments could have changed history.
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