Assertion: amendment | /r/HasProperty | lost its vitality
Facets:
value: through lapse of time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In Coleman, the Court held that Congress, upon receiving notification of ratification by three-fourths of the states, may determine whether the amendment is valid because it has been ratified in a reasonable period of time, or whether "the amendment has lost its vitality through lapse of time.