Congress spent the days between Grant's election and his inauguration drafting this new amendment, which would be the 15th added to the Constitution. The writers of the Fifteenth Amendment ...

The Dallas firm leading the challenge had previously offered the Keller school district a “path” to avoid litigation.

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 ...

14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution in the wake of the Civil War. The president does not have the authority to erase protections set forth in an amendment to the Constitution.

Eric Foner, a Columbia University historian told NPR, "Because of the 15th Amendment, you can't pass laws saying blacks can't vote, which is what they wanted to do … But the 15th Amendment ...

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Responding to Paul Wilson’s letter (“Trump ignores Constitution,” Our Readers’ Views, Jan. 31), a study of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments is in order. A great war tore our nation apart ...

Political debate around the ERA has ramped up in Biden's final months in office. President Joe Biden on Friday said the Equal Right Amendment should be considered ratified, but is stopping short ...