Amendments to the Constitution: A Brief Legislative HistoryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 - 133 pages |
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... become the most well - known and , often , the most controversial sections of the document . Not wholly original to the Founders , the guarantees of individual freedom found in the Bill of Rights were actually a culmination of centuries ...
... become the most well - known and , often , the most controversial sections of the document . Not wholly original to the Founders , the guarantees of individual freedom found in the Bill of Rights were actually a culmination of centuries ...
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... become part of the Constitution . Of the 12 proposed amendments , the first 2 were the only ones not ratified by the necessary three- fourths States . The remaining 10 amendments , Articles III - XII , were ratified by all of the 11 ...
... become part of the Constitution . Of the 12 proposed amendments , the first 2 were the only ones not ratified by the necessary three- fourths States . The remaining 10 amendments , Articles III - XII , were ratified by all of the 11 ...
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... become law . Today , it retains its official title as 1 Stat . 97 . FOOTNOTES TO AMENDMENTS I - X 1. Bernard Schwartz , The Bill of Rights : A Documentary History , ( New York : Chelsea House Publishers in association with McGraw Hill ...
... become law . Today , it retains its official title as 1 Stat . 97 . FOOTNOTES TO AMENDMENTS I - X 1. Bernard Schwartz , The Bill of Rights : A Documentary History , ( New York : Chelsea House Publishers in association with McGraw Hill ...
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... the Union . Consequently , ratification by 12 States was required before the amendment would become part of the Constitution . The amendment met with little opposition during the ratification process . In fact , New York ratified 14.
... the Union . Consequently , ratification by 12 States was required before the amendment would become part of the Constitution . The amendment met with little opposition during the ratification process . In fact , New York ratified 14.
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... the Union . Consequently , ratification by 12 States was required before the amendment would become part of the Constitution . The amendment met with little opposition during the ratification process . In fact , New York ratified 14.
... the Union . Consequently , ratification by 12 States was required before the amendment would become part of the Constitution . The amendment met with little opposition during the ratification process . In fact , New York ratified 14.
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1st Session 2nd Session 89th Congress 92nd Congress adopted Amendment appears officially Article Bill of Rights Byrnes Calif citizens Clark Colo Committee Cong Congressional Globe Congressional Record conventions Court Dakota debate December December 18 Delaware dent Eighteenth Amendment election electors enforce February February 16 Federal Fifteenth Amendment FOOTNOTES TO AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment Government Hampshire House of Representatives Ibid Idaho Iowa January John Johnson Jones Judiciary June La Follette LEGISLATIVE HISTORY legislatures Madison March Massachusetts ment Miller NAYS number of votes Ohio Okla passed person poll taxes powers and duties President and Vice presidential Prohibition proposed amendment ratification dates RATIFICATION HISTORY rejected resolution Rhode Island S.J. Res Section Senate Smith South Carolina South Dakota Taylor Tenn TEXT OF AMENDMENT Thomas tion U.S. Congress U.S. Reports United Vice President Washington whole number William Wilson YEAS
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Page 8 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 85 - ... or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, The Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Page 68 - No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.
Page 5 - 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 for a redress of grievances.
Page 30 - No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Page 64 - Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 95 - ... of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them or either of them.
Page 5 - After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which, the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred, after whit-h the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress,...
Page 48 - Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 85 - President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the...