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The 27th Amendment set a record...

onOctober 20, 2015 at 4:45 PMOctober 20, 2015 at 4:50 PM

Ed. note: Welcome to our latest daily feature, a legal trivia question of the day. We know you lawyerly types are, at heart, type-A personalities that thrive on learning random bits of (mostly) useless trivia. Enjoy!

The 27th Amendment is our most recent amendment. How long after submission to the states did it take to be ratified?

Hint: The 27th Amendment holds the record for the longest amount of time between submission to the states and eventual ratification.

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Answer: 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days. It was submitted to the states September 25, 1789, and finally became part of the Constitution on May 7, 1992.