The Constitution: Amendments 11-27
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Plan for the Day
- Discussion Post #4–Due Friday, 9/26, 11:07 pm
- The Bill of Rights (Thursday, 9/18)
- Including 9/18’s Democracy/Liberty/Freedom/ETC. quotation
- Key Amendments 11-27
- Logical Fallacies (time permitting)
- Democracy/Liberty/Freedom/ETC. quotation:
- “But however men have seen it, and may continue for a time to see it, women do count. Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to race, sex, color, or creed has his or her own inalienable and unpurchasable voice in the government.
–Carrie Chapman Catt. “Votes for All.” The Crisis. 1 November 1917. The Archives of Women’s Political Communication at Iowa State University.
- “But however men have seen it, and may continue for a time to see it, women do count. Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to race, sex, color, or creed has his or her own inalienable and unpurchasable voice in the government.
Key Amendments 11-27
I have a list of important ones for us to consider today. These will come back up in the future, so don’t forget them! Also, if we get through the ones below, we can move on to the others. Plenty of material for us today (and perhaps Thursday, 9/25).
- Amendment 13: Slavery is outlawed, and Congress can enforce this
- Amendment 14: Due process applies to the States (and other important concerns)
- Section 1: Defines citizenship; States must respect due process
- See also 5th Amendment
- Section 2: Apportions Representatives based on whole numbers; male citizens 21+ cannot be denied the opportunity to vote (except in cases of rebellion or criminal record)
- Section 3: No one engaging in rebellion or insurrection may hold office
- Section 4: The Secessionists (i.e. the Confederacy) cannot have their war debts paid for, and they can’t be compensated for loss of slaves.
- Section 5: Congress can enforce
- Section 1: Defines citizenship; States must respect due process
- Amendment 15: Voting rights cannot be denied to citizens “by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude”
- But can be denied based on sex
- Amendment 16: Establishes Federal income tax
- Amendment 17: The People directly elect Senators
- Amendment 18: Prohibition–1919
- Amendment 21: Fixed that nonsense–1933
- Amendment 19: Women’s suffrage
- Amendment 22: Two-term limit for President
- Amendment 24: States cannot impose poll taxes…1964 (seems a bit late)
- Amendment 26: 18 year olds may vote
- Amendment 27: Senators and Representatives cannot vote themselves a raise–it takes effect after the next group comes into office
- This was the original 2nd Article of the Bill of Rights, but wasn’t ratified until 1992.
- I don’t remember much fanfare around this amendment passing…I was probably too busy anticipating getting my Driver’s License the next month.
- Reaserch Methods: Let’s go to Atkins Library and search for the Washington Post for May 7, 1992.
The ones not brought up have to do with residents of Washington, DC, being able to vote for Prsident and succession of president and vice president as well as technical matters for when newly elected officials assume office. We can look at those if we have more time.
Next Class
We’ll finish up anything we didn’t get through today, and then it’s on to Federalist Paper #10! Don’t forget Discussion Post #4 is due Friday, 9/26, 11:07pm.