...such a limit. In the case at bar it was affirmed that the power to make the limit a definite one is " a matter of detail which Congress may determine as...its power to designate the mode of ratification." The seven-year limit set for the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment was said to be reasonable,...

...such a limit. In the case at bar it was affirmed that the power to make the limit a definite one is " a matter of detail which Congress may determine as...its power to designate the mode of ratification." The seven-year limit set for the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment was said to be reasonable,...

...public interests and changing conditions may require; 1 and Article V is no exception to the rule. Whether a definite period for ratification shall be...of its power to designate the mode of ratification. It is not questioned that seven years, the period fixed in this instance, was reasonable, if power...

...public interests and changing conditions may require; 1 and Article V is no exception to the rule. Whether a definite period for ratification shall be...what it is and speculation on what is a reasonable tune may be avoided, is, in our opinion, a matter of detail which Congress may determine as an incident...

...petitioner could hardly claim injury. The particular dictum within a dictum is found in the phrase: "speculation on what is a reasonable time may be avoided,...of its power to designate the mode of ratification" (256 US 376). The court decided that article V by implication reads "when ratified within a reasonable...

...within reasonable limits, to fix a definite period for the ratification we entertain no doubt. . . . Whether a definite period for ratification shall be...of its power to designate the mode of ratification. It is not questioned that seven years, the period fixed in this instance, was reason433 BUTLER, J.,...

...public interests and changing conditions may require г ; and Article V is no exception to the rule. Whether a definite period for ratification shall be...of its power to designate the mode of ratification. It is not questioned that seven years, the period fixed in this instance, was reasonable, if power...

...the public interests and changing conditions may require; and Article V is no exception to the rule. Whether a definite period for ratification shall be....its power to designate the mode of ratification." (256 US at 375-6). Coleman v. Miller, also noted above, reaffirmed and exte.nded the Dillon decision....

...the public interests and changing conditions may require; and Article V is no exception to the rule. Whether a definite period for ratification shall be...of its power to designate the mode of ratification. Pillion v. Gloss. 256 US At 373-376. The Court concluded that the placing of a seven year limitation...

...the public interests and changing conditions may require; and Article V is no exception to the rule. Whether a definite period for ratification shall be...of its power to designate the mode of ratification. Id. at 374-6, 41 S.Ct. at 512-13. As a subsidiary matter of detail, Congress has the power, pursuant...