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State in your own words the goal of the attempt to add an equal rights amendment to the constitution?
The goal of the attempt to add an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution is to ensure that rights cannot be denied or abridged on the basis of sex. This amendment seeks to provide a clear legal foundation for gender equality, reinforcing that all individuals, regardless of gender, deserve the same protections and opportunities under the law. Ultimately, the ERA aims to eliminate legal distinctions between men and women, promoting equality in various aspects of life, including employment, education, and family rights.
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The individual freedoms in the Bill of Rights were extended by the Fourteenth Amendment to include?
to extend rights of state and local government.
The amendment that reserves powers to the state?
The tenth amendment reserves powers to the state. This power is known as federalism. The amendment provides that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or the people.
Do you capitalize Equal Rights Amendment in a sentence?
If you are referring to the specific proposed amendment from the 1970's, then yes, you capitalize it. If you are referring to the general concept of similar proposals, then you do not capitalize it.For example:The Equal Rights Amendment was not adopted as part of the United States Constitution because not enough states ratified it before the deadline.California and several other states have an equal rights amendment in their state constitutions.
What did the twenty first amendment accomplish?
The twenty First Amendment accomplished the end of prohibition
Whose rights do the constitution an the Bill of Rights guarantee?
The US Constitution protects the rights of the citizens of the US. The Constitution is limited to the federal government but is made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
Can the states violate the Bill of Rights?
The 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution enforces federal law, including the Bill of Rights, on the state governments. However, before the 14th Amendment, states did have the ability to "violate" the rights of their citizens.
What does the Ninth Amendment state?
Americans have protected rights that are not specifically included in the Constitution.
Which amendment of the Constitution gave precedence to Directive Principles of state Policy over fundamental Rights?
42nd amendment
What amendment reinforces the fact that Americans have rights that are not listed in the Constitution?
Americans have unnamed rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution specifically says that even rights not mentioned directly in the Constitution are given to the people.
What amendment uphold the rights of individual or the rights of the whole?
You are asking about the bill of rights and they are 10 amendments to the constitution that state the rights of the people of the United States.
Ways citizens can uphold the constitution?
Stand up for your rights, support the Tenth Amendment, ignore illegal federal laws, elect people who support your rights and the rights of your state.
What were states rights?
Under the 10th Amendment, State's Rights are, not were, the idea that any right not written in the Constitution is given to the states. Well, not given to, rather retained by
Who can propose an amendment to the constitution?
Only members of Congress or state legislatures can propose an amendment to the Constitution.
If someone claims that their free speech rights have been violated what type of law are they likely challenging?
The 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (and probably their state constitution as well)
The individual freedoms in the Bill of Rights were extended by the Fourteenth Amendment to include?
to extend rights of state and local government.
What line in the preamable and what art-sec-clause in the Constitution would gay rights fall into?
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees equal protection of the law from state to state, so one cannot deny people their fundamental rights, such as the right to marriage.
The amendment that reserves powers to the state?
The tenth amendment reserves powers to the state. This power is known as federalism. The amendment provides that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or the people.
