Andrew Yang proposes ‘green’ amendment to the Constitution. The amendment will make “it a responsibility of the United States government to safeguard and protect our environment for future generations” nypost.com/2019/09/04/and…
A genie grants you the power to unilaterally add one Amendment to the United States Constitution, unrepealable and effective immediately. What do you choose?
H.Res.757 - Calling for the resignation and disbarment of United States Attorney General William P. Barr, and for other purposes.- "the House of Representatives reaffirms, in the strongest terms, its support for and commitment to the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution." congress.gov/bill/116th-c…
TDIH: April 8, 1913, The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sev…
TDIH: January 31, 1865, The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification. britannica.com/topic/Thir…
TDIH: Carrie Chapman Catt, born January 9, 1859, was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. She served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car…
TDIH: January 16, 1919, The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eig…
TDIH: February 3, 1913, The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. britannica.com/topic/Sixt…
Andrew Yang proposes ‘green’ amendment to the Constitution. The amendment will make “it a responsibility of the United States government to safeguard and protect our environment for future generations” nypost.com/2019/09/04/and…
Today is the 100th anniversary of the United States Congress approving the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing suffrage to women. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/N…
Andrew Yang proposes ‘green’ amendment to the Constitution. The amendment will make “it a responsibility of the United States government to safeguard and protect our environment for future generations” nypost.com/2019/09/04/and…
[June 4th, 1919] US. Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin…
AOC.."They had to amend the Constitution of the United States to make sure Roosevelt did not get reelected." FDR died in office in 1945; the 22nd Amendment came in 1947) iotwreport.com/dumbest-me…
TDIH: December 6th, 1865 - The 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery archives.gov/historical-d…
New Hampshire Poised to Become the 20th State to Support a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United. citizen.org/news/new-hamp…
Congressman Adam Schiff on Wednesday introduced a Constitutional Amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which helped usher in a new era of big money in American elections. The Amendment would allow Congress and states to put limits on campaign contributions. thehill.com/homenews/hous…
Amend the United States Constitution to explicitly allow Impeachment witnesses chng.it/4rq2J6yd
"Spirit of '76 - On to the Senate!" Drawing by Nina Allender published for "The Suffragist" calling for a Constitutional Amendment on Women's Suffrage. United States. January 30, 1915.
TIL a republic called "Frankland" in what is now East TN nearly became the fourteenth state in the United States en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta…
HJR 202 passed OR House :: Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution establishing obligation of state to ensure every resident of state access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care. oregonlive.com/news/2020/…
Three Democratic state attorneys general sued a U.S. government official Thursday, seeking to force him to recognize Virginia’s recent vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and adopt the measure in the Constitution apnews.com/4913397a57f671…
[April 1st, 1920] Delaware turned down the chance to become the necessary 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as the House of Delegates voted 23 to 9 on a motion to reject the amendment. nytimes.com/1920/04/02/ar…
Last three states to ratify Equal Rights Amendment sue to add it to constitution jurist.org/news/2020/01/l…
30 Mar. Hamilton Fish, US secretary of state, proclaims the ratification of the 15th amendment to the US Constitution extending citizenship to all born in the USA regardless of race or colour. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fif…
TIL according to the Constitution, a Constitutional Convention can be convened if 2/3 of the states (currently 34 states) ask for it. At such a convention, amendments to the constitution can be proposed bypassing Congress. Due to vague wording, the scope and power of such a convention are unknown. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con…
Republicans Push Anti-Choice Constitutional Amendments to Circumvent Courts -- The effort to change state constitutions, making it easier for Republican lawmakers to end legal abortion, continues in Iowa and Wisconsin. rewire.news/article/2020/…
@ABC: Five GOP attorneys general are seeking to block an effort by three Democratic-led states to see the Equal Rights Amendment adopted into the U.S. Constitution. https://t.co/rEXCeegPgE mobile.twitter.com/ABC/st…
