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from infringing on your freedom of expression. Therefore, private citizens don't violate the First Amendment, government entities (or their representatives) do. That said, you can still pursue legal action if your constitutional rights have been curtailed.6 ...
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Additionally, it says, "This amendment does not change the Legislature's constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion." GOP SENATORS LOOK TO TIE CRACKDOWN ON NONCITIZEN VOTING TO MUST-PASS SPENDING BILL ...
leading some to wonder why the nation continues to keep the Electoral College in place. The Electoral College was established in Article II of the Constitution and could be repealed by constitutional amendment. But that's a difficult road. Amendments require a two-thirds majority vote in both ...
these efforts invoke what is also known as the disqualification clause, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The Supreme Court has never before ruled directly on the provision's application, and the case involving Trump will test the reach and force of a constitutional provision enacted in the wake...
When the Supreme Court declared a constitutional right to same-sex marriage nearly eight years ago, social conservatives were set adrift. The ruling stripped them of an issue they had used to galvanize rank-and-file supporters and big donors. And it left them searching for a cause that — li...
89 In 1909, Congress adopted a resolution calling for a Constitutional amendment, which the states ratified in 1913.10 In October of 1913, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Revenue Act of 1913, which imposed a 1% tax on incomes above an exemption of $3,000 for single taxpayers...