{"id":2370,"date":"2010-07-27T02:21:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T09:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2010-07-27T02:21:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T09:21:42","slug":"constitutional-amendments-article-xv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/27\/constitutional-amendments-article-xv\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Amendments: Article XV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" title=\"constitution\" border=\"0\" alt=\"constitution\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/constitution11.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>&#160; <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We have been covering the US Constitution line by line.&#160; When Republicans wave their paper props and parrot their vile machinations, we will be prepared to expose the lies.&#160; We have finished the main body of the Constitution.&#160; Now we continue with the Amendments.&#160; You can find the last article on the main body of the Constitution<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2211\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">. It has links to all the others.&#160; The text comes from<\/font> <a href=\"http:\/\/constitutionus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The US Constitution<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&#160; Previous articles in the Amendment series:<\/font><\/p>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2231\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article I<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2241\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Articles II and III<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2253\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article IV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2267\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article V<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2286\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article VI<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2300\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article VII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2317\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article VIII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2327\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Articles IX and X<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2336\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Articles XI and XII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2344\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article XIII<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/?p=2360\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Article XIV<\/font><\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<h3 align=\"center\">Article XV<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Fifteenth Amendment extends voting rights to African American, including former slaves.&#160; Prior to 1964, Democrats used various means, such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and sometimes force to disenfranchise non-white citizens.&#160; In 1964, LBJ passed the Voting Rights Act.&#160; The Republicans welcomed the Dixiecrats and adopted their racist policies to get control of the south.&#160; They now form the GOP base and continue to disenfranchise minorities at every opportunity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I shall try to put up a new article in this series almost every day.&#160; It will take some time to cover it all, but when we\u2019re done, we shall be immune to the lies with which Republicans seek to undermine our freedoms.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; We have been covering the US Constitution line by line.&#160; When Republicans wave their paper props and parrot their vile machinations, we will be prepared to expose the lies.&#160; We have finished the main body of the Constitution.&#160; Now we continue with the Amendments.&#160; 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