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Keeps senators and house members from voting in a huge pay raise for themselves. If they vote in a pay raise it doesn't take effect until the have won their next election.

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Which subject was transferred from state list to concurrent list by 42 amendment of the constitution?

There is no 42 amendment in the constitution . The constitution only has 27 amendments.


What is the number of amendment to the constitution?

27 total- first ten are bill of rights


How many amendment's are there to the constitution?

27 amendments.


What are the rest of the Constitutional amendments besides the Bill of Rights?

Bill of rights is the first 10: Amendment 1 Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly Amendment 2 Right to bear arms Amendment 3 Quartering of soldiers Amendment 4 Search and arrest Amendment 5 Rights in criminal cases Amendment 6 Right to a fair trial Amendment 7 Rights in civil cases Amendment 8 Bail, fines, punishment Amendment 9 Rights retained by the People Amendment 10 States' rights And the rest of the amendments: Amendment 11 Lawsuits against states Amendment 12 Presidential elections Amendment 13 Abolition of slavery Amendment 14 Civil rights Amendment 15 Black suffrage Amendment 16 Income taxes Amendment 17 Senatorial elections Amendment 18 Prohibition of liquor Amendment 19 Women's suffrage Amendment 20 Terms of office Amendment 21 Repeal of Prohibition Amendment 22 Term Limits for the Presidency Amendment 23 Washington, D.C., suffrage Amendment 24 Abolition of poll taxes Amendment 25 Presidential succession Amendment 26 18-year-old suffrage Amendment 27 Congressional pay raises


Where was the last constitutional amendment written?

Amendment 27 - Limiting Congressional Pay Increases. Ratified 5/7/1992.No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.