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How does the 14th amendment define citizenship?
The fourteenth amendment addresses citizenship. Initially it was in relation to the subject of slaves and their citizenship, but it has crossed over to citizenship in general.
What is the number of states needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment?
{Led by Phyllis Schlafly, enough concerns about the amendment were presented that the Equal Rights Amendment was unable to garner sufficient states for ratification, falling three short of the necessary 38.}
What rights were expanded by the civil rights amendment?
The Civil Right amendments expanded the rights of former slave and free born African Americans to vote and equal treatment. The Civil Rights act allowed the government to set in over the states and enforce the constitution.
The equal rights amendment caused questions because?
it raised concerns about the potential impact on laws related to gender discrimination and equal treatment under the law. Additionally, there were debates over whether it was necessary to explicitly guarantee equal rights for women in the Constitution, as well as disagreements over the interpretation of gender equality and its implications.
Which amendment of the Constitution gave precedence to Directive Principles of state Policy over fundamental Rights?
42nd amendment
What rights were expanded by the civil right amendment?
The Civil Right amendments expanded the rights of former slave and free born African Americans to vote and equal treatment. The Civil Rights act allowed the government to set in over the states and enforce the constitution.
Which amendment has been interpreted to extend the provision of the natural bill of rights?
The 14th amendment requires state governments to give their citizens the same rights that the federal government does. Before the 14th amendment, the state governments had almost unlimited authority over their citizens.
What is the Subject of amendment fourteen?
to secure the rights of former slaves. This over ruled the excluded slaves and their descendant ffom having constitutional rights.
What were the legal methods employed by southern states to evade the 14th amendment?
A big one was the Jim Crow Laws, separate but equal. This in theory did not remove the rights to due process to colored people, or deprive them of their rights for life liberty and property. Obviously in practice it did, and was over turned by the supreme court.
Which constitutional amendment accorded a position of primacy to the directive principle of state policy over the fundamental rights?
44
Which amendment extend voting rights to a broader range of americans?
The 19th amendment extended the voting rights to women. The 15th amendment ensured the right to vote no matter a persons race. The 26th amendment gave any citizen over 18 the right to vote.
Which amendment gave African American women the right to vote?
The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.
