What is The 15th Amendment?

THERE are 27 Amendments that make up the United States Constitution. The 15th Amendment concerns the American right to vote. What is The 15th Amendment? The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen’s “race, color, or […]

THERE are 27 Amendments that make up the United States Constitution.

The 15th Amendment concerns the American right to vote.

What is The 15th Amendment?

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen’s “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

It was adopted into the constitution to protect the voting rights of African American men after the Civil War.

Despite the amendment, by the late 1870s discriminatory practices were used to prevent Black citizens from exercising their right to vote, especially in the South.

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Protestors call on Congress and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to remove the filibuster and pass the ‘For the People Act’ to expand voting rights[/caption]

Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that enforced racial segregation in the southern United States.

The legal principle of “separate but equal” racial segregation was extended to public facilities, transportation, schools, restaurants, restrooms, drinking fountains, voting polls and more.

The laws were enforced for decades and legally ended in the 1960s when then-President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.

What did Joe Biden say about voter rights?

Biden called Trump’s claims the 2020 election was stolen from him a “big lie” itself.

“If you lost, you accept the results,” he said. “You follow the constitution. You don’t call facts fake just because you’re unhappy. That’s not statesmanship – that’s selfishness. That’s a denial of the right to vote.”

The speech comes after a report some White House allies and the DNC want wireless carriers to monitor phone and social media messages for alleged misinformation about the Covid vaccine push.

According to Politico, the White House is: planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS [Short Message Service] carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines”.

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The 15th Amendment  prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote[/caption]

“We are steadfastly committed to keeping politics out of the effort to get every American vaccinated so that we can save lives and help our economy further recover,” White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz told the outlet in response to the report.

Biden took a harsh tone with Republicans during his speech in Philadelphia on voting rights.

“Have you no shame?” he said, referring to GOP-led attempts at voter restriction laws.

“The 21st century Jim Crow assault is real. It’s unrelenting. And we’re going to challenge it vigorously,” he continued.

List of amendments to the United States Constitution

• The 1st Amendment
• The 2nd Amendment
• The 3rd Amendment
• The 4th Amendment
• The 5th Amendment
• The 6th Amendment
• The 7th Amendment
• The 8th Amendment
• The 9th Amendment
• The 10th Amendment
• The 11th Amendment
• The 12th Amendment
• The 13th Amendment
• The 14th Amendment
• The 15th Amendment
• The 16th Amendment
• The 17th Amendment
• The 18th Amendment
• The 19th Amendment
• The 20th Amendment
• The 21st Amendment
• The 22nd Amendment
• The 23rd Amendment
• The 24th Amendment
• The 25th Amendment
• The 26th Amendment
• The 27th Amendment