Amendment 15 Race No Bar to Vote The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation Amendment 16 Status of Income Tax Clarified The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. Amendment 17 Senators Elected by Popular Vote The Senate of the United St... Read More
One Man’s View Of The Constitution Amendments 15-27
Posted by admin | Under Constitution, politics Monday Mar 7, 2011One Man’s View Of The Constitution The Amendments 1-14
Posted by admin | Under Constitution, politics Tuesday Mar 1, 2011The Bill Of Rights Amendment 1 Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, Petition, and Assembly Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government to set right, remedy or rectify grievances. Amendment 2 Right to Bear Arms A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Amendment 3 Quartering of Soldiers ... Read More
One Man’s View Of The Constitution Articles 3,4,5,6,7 and Signers
Posted by admin | Under Constitution, politics Sunday Feb 20, 2011Article 3 The Judicial Branch 1. Judicial Powers The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office; ... Read More
One Man’s View Of The Constitution Article2
Posted by admin | Under Constitution, politics Tuesday Feb 15, 2011Article 2 The Executive Branch 1. The President The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector ; (12th amendment) The Electors shall meet in their respective states,... Read More