All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
Cite the United States Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 2. CORRECT CITATION: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 2.
The Fourteenth Amendment was one of the Reconstruction Amendments. And, when you subsequently refer to nouns with a short form, you should also capitalize that short form.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Although the 14th Amendment, Section 4, states that “the validity of the public debt of the United States... shall not be questioned,” legal experts and constitutional scholars are divided on whether this provision would allow the president to bypass the debt ceiling.
In short, under Section Two of the Fourteenth Amendment, if a state denies men the right to vote, then that state can lose representation in Congress.
Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it when the public good may require. (Sec.
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment focuses on the way individual citizens are counted to determine electoral power for the states.
Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment focuses on the way individual citizens are counted to determine electoral power for the states.