"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution."
This amendment outlines the parameters of the senate. Also, this amendment makes it so that the people directly elect senators instead of state governments electing senators.
The tea bagging imbecile in this video wishes to repeal the 17th amendment and go back to having the state legislatures vote for senators. Thanks god for the Tea Party. A whole group of idiots parading around the country? That is awesome.
This video is about senate campaign ads, ads that are put in place to affect our choices as voters. As we the people have the responsibility to elect senators, these ads are created to directly affect our votes.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sixteenth Amendment
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
This amendment allowed for the national government to collect income taxes, that do not have to be a flat rate, and do not have to be based on census statistics. This amendment opened the door fro a progressive income tax system that allows the government to collect more taxes from the richest members of our society and less from the poorest members.
The video below is an interview with Harry Reid who is purporting that the American tax system is voluntary. WOW.
The below video is a HILLARIOUS government propaganda cartoon for income taxes that stars Donald Duck. Enjoy!
This amendment allowed for the national government to collect income taxes, that do not have to be a flat rate, and do not have to be based on census statistics. This amendment opened the door fro a progressive income tax system that allows the government to collect more taxes from the richest members of our society and less from the poorest members.
The video below is an interview with Harry Reid who is purporting that the American tax system is voluntary. WOW.
The below video is a HILLARIOUS government propaganda cartoon for income taxes that stars Donald Duck. Enjoy!
Fifteenth Amendment
"Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
This amendment guaranteed the right to vote to African American men and other minorities. The south was able to evade allowing blacks to vote by forcing blacks to pay poll taxes or take literacy tests before they voted. Though it would seem logical that women would at this time also be allowed to vote, however, that was not the case. Women were still not allowed to vote for 50 years.
The video below is a video from the Rachel Maddow show in which she talks about a new sort of "poll tax." This poll tax she speaks of is having to wait up to even 8 hours to vote, which is another way to prevent voters from casting their ballots.
This video is an analysis of the Vote or Die campaign, headed by hip hop artists like Diddy, prominent members of the african american community. This campaign was put in place to encourage young voters, especially young black voters, to gt out and cast their ballots.
This amendment guaranteed the right to vote to African American men and other minorities. The south was able to evade allowing blacks to vote by forcing blacks to pay poll taxes or take literacy tests before they voted. Though it would seem logical that women would at this time also be allowed to vote, however, that was not the case. Women were still not allowed to vote for 50 years.
The video below is a video from the Rachel Maddow show in which she talks about a new sort of "poll tax." This poll tax she speaks of is having to wait up to even 8 hours to vote, which is another way to prevent voters from casting their ballots.
This video is an analysis of the Vote or Die campaign, headed by hip hop artists like Diddy, prominent members of the african american community. This campaign was put in place to encourage young voters, especially young black voters, to gt out and cast their ballots.
Fourteenth Amendment
"Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
This amendment encompasses a lot of different ideas. It lays the parameters for citizenship, due process, provides equal protection by the laws for all, it talks about incorporation or incorporating the amendments of the United States Constitution to the states, and it outlines the apportionment of representatives.
The video below tells about the difficulties of defining citizenship before this amendment, and the affects this amendment had on citizens.
This next video tell about our rights as citizens through due process, and how large information firms like Google may be inhibiting those rights.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
This amendment encompasses a lot of different ideas. It lays the parameters for citizenship, due process, provides equal protection by the laws for all, it talks about incorporation or incorporating the amendments of the United States Constitution to the states, and it outlines the apportionment of representatives.
The video below tells about the difficulties of defining citizenship before this amendment, and the affects this amendment had on citizens.
This next video tell about our rights as citizens through due process, and how large information firms like Google may be inhibiting those rights.
Thirteenth Amendment
"Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States. It is a part of a larger group of amendments known as the Reconstruction amendments.
The video below is a video from the movie Roots, which tells the story of the of the horror that was slavery.
The video below is a television interview with Malcolm X who talks about slavery and the effects slavery still has on our country today.
The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in the United States. It is a part of a larger group of amendments known as the Reconstruction amendments.
The video below is a video from the movie Roots, which tells the story of the of the horror that was slavery.
The video below is a television interview with Malcolm X who talks about slavery and the effects slavery still has on our country today.
Twelfth Amendment
"The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they 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 persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
This amendment changed the way that the president and the vice president were elected. Before this amendment whoever received the most votes became president, and whoever received the second most became vice president. This amendment allowed for the president and the vice president to be elected separately. This of course would change again, as today a president runs with a running mate who will become vice president.
The video below is a horribly boring video about the twelfth amendment and the presidential election process.
This next video is a Schoolhouse Rocks video about the electoral college.
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."
This amendment changed the way that the president and the vice president were elected. Before this amendment whoever received the most votes became president, and whoever received the second most became vice president. This amendment allowed for the president and the vice president to be elected separately. This of course would change again, as today a president runs with a running mate who will become vice president.
The video below is a horribly boring video about the twelfth amendment and the presidential election process.
This next video is a Schoolhouse Rocks video about the electoral college.
Eleventh Amendment
"The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State."
This amendment is the first amendment to be ratified after the bill of rights. It was added to the constitution as a response to a previous court case that allowed citizens of one state to sue another state. This amendment made that act illegal.
The link below is to an article of a man who sued the state of Oklahoma because of a particular license plate.
License Plate
The next link is an article that gives a brief history of the amendment as well as links to the court cases that have involved this amendment.
CHYEAH!
This amendment is the first amendment to be ratified after the bill of rights. It was added to the constitution as a response to a previous court case that allowed citizens of one state to sue another state. This amendment made that act illegal.
The link below is to an article of a man who sued the state of Oklahoma because of a particular license plate.
License Plate
The next link is an article that gives a brief history of the amendment as well as links to the court cases that have involved this amendment.
CHYEAH!
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