Summarizing the controversy surrounding the Twenty-Seventh Amendment, which derives from the fact that it was originally proposed in 1789. Discussing Dillon v. Gloss (1921), in which the Supreme Court noted in dicta that nothing in Article V suggests that an amendment, once proposed, can be ratified at any time thereafter. Discussing the views of various commentators on this case and the question of whether Congress or the Courts has the ability to determine whether ratification has occurred within a reasonable period of time.