And definitely yes, “it was the Republican party that drafted and ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, which did away with slavery and any distinction between Americans based on race.” ...

Between 1863 and 1877, the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments ended slavery, granted citizenship to everyone born or naturalized ...

It was only in the aftermath of the Civil War, when Republican politicians introduced the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution extending citizenship and suffrage to former slave men ...

A court hearing about the North Carolina voter ID law challenges two constitutional amendments on Thursday, Oct. 24.

This was eliminated by the 14th Amendment, which established equal protection of the laws and due process for all. Critics of the Tea Party point to this clause in the original constitution as ...

Democracy Beyond Borders: Albania’s First Diaspora Vote and the Struggle for Fair Representation.

Lawyers for the group say the law violates section two of the Voting Rights Act as well as the 14th and 15th amendments. Republican state lawmakers say the ID requirement, which took effect last ...

Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US ...