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Passed in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to further centralize ...

Finally, on March 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution. To many, it felt like the last step of reconstruction. But just as some had predicted, Southerners found ways ...

The suppression of freedom in the southern states convinced the Reconstruction Congress and supporters of the Union to add an amendment forcing the states to respect the rights announced in the first ...

Thus, the Equal Protection Clause can be understood only as an organic part of the Fourteenth Amendment and in the broader context of all the Reconstruction amendments. Under current Supreme Court ...

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 ...

ALMATY, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan's Senate has ratified amendments paving the way for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to gradually expand its operations to Sub-Saharan ...

An amendment to the Urban and Residential Environment Maintenance Act, which relaxes the requirements for establishing reconstruction project cooperatives, passed the National Assembly's plenary ...