As such, investment bankers are required to abide by their firm's stipulated code of conduct and will generally sign a confidentiality agreement, given the sensitive nature of the information they receive.
In September of 1787, it was sent to the states for ratification. Nine of the 13 states would have to ratify it for the Constitution to become effective for those ratifying states. The future was not certain at allâa debate began among the states over ratification.
In order for the amendment to be passed by the states, three-quarters of the states, or 38 states, had to ratify it. On January 23, 1964, South Dakota became the 38th state to ratify the 24th Amendment.