March 7

Don’t you just hate it, I know that I do, when someone keeps saying to you “What’s the rush? You New Yorkers are all alike – always in a hurry. We’ll get to it, we’ll get to it.” On the 7th in 1992, the good people of the state of Michigan finally got around to ratifying the 203-year-old 27th amendment to the United States Constitution. Michigan wasn't the only one asleep at the wheel. Alabama did not get around to ratifying it until May 5, 1992, thereby putting the amendment over the top. Michigan’s ratification was unnecessary but it does make for an interesting story. I tend to view Alabama’s less than timely ratification as just the sort of thing that those kind of people tend to do.