Forbids congress to give itself a pay raise, but allows it to give pay raises to future congresses (was originally proposed as part of Bill of Rights).

27th amendment

Explanation:

27th amendment: No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

this means if Congress votes itself a pay increase, the pay increase does not take effect until after the next election.

b: the establishment clause  

b: socialism  

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.