The Constitution established an American democracy. . All 13 states participated in writing the Constitution. . The President can veto a proposed amendment to the Constitution. . The Constitution gives the Supreme Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional. . ..…

For now, American Promise points to a previously introduced amendment by Sen. ... Bay State lawmakers likely won’t need much of push from the commission if an amendment does come up for a vote. ..…

The amendment specifies two criteria for American or naturalization, and being subject to U.S jurisdiction. Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, principal figure in drafting the amendment, defined subject to the jurisdiction as not owing allegiance to anybody else — that is, to no..…

It would take a constitutional amendment to reverse the 14th Amendment's provision that birth in American automatically means US citizenship. . ..…

The president cannot erase Constitution with order, and Amendment's guarantee is clear, said Omar Jadwat, the director of American Civil Liberties Union's Immigrants Rights Project.. The clause of the Amendment, ratified in the aftermath of Civil War, says, All persons born or..…

why did it take act of Congress in 1922 54 years after the ratification of the Amendment to grant citizenship to American Indians, everyone of. The Amendment was passed order to elevate the provisions of Civil Rights Act of 1866 to protected status and insulate it from legal..…