The Constitution of the United States is often heralded as the bedrock of American society. Crafted carefully, it has served as the guiding framework for the nation since its ratification in 1789...
Category - The Constitutional Amendments
The Sixteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Sixteenth Amendment to the US Constitution establishes a federal income tax. There had only been one tax of this type before, to pay for the Civil War, and it was canceled not long after the end...
The Fifteenth Amendment: The Constitutional Amendments
The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution gave African American men, including those who had been former slaves, the right to vote. While the amendment seemed simple, the US Supreme Court has...