Assertion: u.s.'s state | /r/CapableOf | ratify the amendment
Facets:
value: prior to the deadline
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: No further states ratified the amendment within the extended deadline.
text: When he introduced the Tenth Amendment in Congress, James Madison explained that many states were eager to ratify this amendment, despite critics who deemed the amendment superfluous or unnecessary:
text: Sixteen states ratified the amendment (twenty-two short of the number required for it to be implemented) prior to the deadline, thus it failed to be adopted.