Great post, great thread. I think like @hurricanexyz.bsky.social says in the post (I think), from first principles I’d say there is an implied timeliness for amendments, to create passage only with contemporaneous consensus (for the same reason I’m inclined to say states can rescind) (cont)

April 10, 2026 - 22:34 UTC

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I think the problem is that in 1992 everyone fell in love with the *story* of the 27th amendment and didn’t realize they were causing real problems. In reality, it’s part of the constitution because in 1992 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of states wanted it to be. But they didn’t do it formally. (Cont)
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Congress could easily just have re-proposed the amendment and the requisite states could have re-ratified and boom. But they liked the story of raising it from the dead and now you’ve got this nonsense as part of the constitution.
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Thanks!!
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