Gregory Watson has been employed in the legislative branch of Texas state government from 1982 to present. In 1982, he started the momentum behind the unusual ratification process of the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. He is described as the "National Coordinator of the Political Movement to Ratify the 27th Amendment" in the case of Schaffer, Et Al. v. Clinton, Et Al. (later styled as Schaffer v. O'Neill) litigated in the federal courts of the United States.
Read more about Gregory Watson: Watson's Involvement With The 27th Amendment, Post-Ratification of 13th Amendment By Mississippi, Post-Ratification of 15th Amendment By Tennessee, Post-Ratification of 24th Amendment By Texas, Recognition By Former Chairman of The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Recognition By Member of Canadian Parliament
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