The rules governing theElectoral College are outlinedby the12th Amendment.Presidential electors, according to the amendment, "shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all p...
Other significant amendments include the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. The 19th Amendment guaranteed voting rights for women. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. The 27th Amendment, ratified in 1992, is notable for being the most recent addition to the Constitution...
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Anderson that Donald Trump is eligible to be on the Colorado ballot. The case focused on Trump's conduct during the Jan. 6 insurrectionrelated to the 14th Amendment. It holds a clause -- Section 3 -- which bars those who have...
This Article looks closely at the 24th Amendment and the origin and application of "poll tax or other tax" (meant here to include any form of tax, fee or charge imposed as a precondition to voting), the history of anti-poll tax reform, the intended scope of such reforms, and suggest ...
“categorically unlawful,” that the retroactive invalidation of noncompetes exceeds the FTC’s authority and raises Fifth Amendment concerns, and that the final rule is arbitrary and capricious. They also preserve an argument, foreclosed by current Fifth Circuit precedent, for potential Supreme Cou...
What factors aided the passage of the Women's Suffrage Amendment? Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18? What amendment was ratified first? Which reform did the 19th Amendment enact? What document became the basis for the women's suffrage movement?
How does the 12th Amendment affect electors? What does the 13th Amendment say about slavery? What is the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment? What did the 21st amendment do? What article is the 8th Amendment in? What did the 23rd Amendment do for voting?
fraudhas been rampant, House Republicanshave introduced federal legislationto require all votersto provide documentation, andeight states passed GOP-backed constitutional amendmentsin 2024 to explicitly outlaw noncitizens from voting, even though that is already illegal in federal elections (and also very...
As a result of the confusion and controversy over income taxes, the Tax Amendment was introduced as the 16th Amendment to the Constitution in 1909. The amendment set to rest, once and for all, the debate over whether the source of income should be considered and whether income taxes are dir...
month due to pending judicial review of the challenges regarding the rules’ legality. The cases, now consolidated in the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, are predicated on a number of legal theories, including the major questions doctrine, the First Amendment, and ...