constitutional-law us-constitution congress us-house-of-reps
What are the legal Ramifications if any, of ratifying the last remaining Un-ratified amendment of the Constitution?
<p>There were originally 12 articles proposed for ratification in the "bill of rights" ten were ratified soon after. One was ratified in 1992 and the remaining proposal has no deadline or date of expiration to be ratified and requires only one more state to accept it in order to be added to the Constitution. </p>

<p>The interesting part of this is that it would potentially increase  the number of representatives in the house of representatives from 425 to approximately 6,400.</p>

<p>My question is as follows;</p>

<p>What are the possible consequences (positive and/or negative) and of the house of representatives being increased in such a drastic way? </p>

<p>The legal consequence of ratifying this amendment is that it would become the 28th Amendment to the US constitution. </p>

<p>That simply means that there would be a number of elections with lots of election maps re-drawn. Also, the Capital building would likely have to be enlarged to accommodate more representatives.</p>

<p>Since ratification laws are based on the fraction of votes, it would not affect ratifying other laws. </p>

<p>There are no legal "ramifications." </p>
