14th Amendment Section 2

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14th amendment section 2. Passed by congress june 13 1866. The separation of black civil rights from women s civil rights split the two movements for decades. The validity of the public debt of the united states authorized by law including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion shall not be questioned.
Section 2 protects the right to vote only of adult males not adult females making it the only provision of the constitution to explicitly discriminate on the basis of sex. A portion of the 14th amendment was changed by the 26th amendment. The summary of section 2 of the 14th amendment is.
The number does not include native american indians who are not taxed. Anthony who had long seen their cause as linked to that of black rights. 4 section 2 gets state citizens to participate in rebellion which in turn gives consent to a new political system that is installed by congress the united states.
The house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. For purposes of counting populations for representation in the house of representatives the whole number of persons in each state must be counted. 3 section 2 enfranchises citizens of the united states but not the ex slaves.
The whole number of people to be counted in the census to determine how many representatives a state shall send to congress. Section 2 was condemned by women s suffragists such as elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. Ratified july 9 1868.
Along with the thirteenth and fifteenth amendments it is one of the three reconstruction amendments. The 14th amendment changed a portion of article i section 2. Constitution was passed by congress on june 13 1866 during the reconstruction period after the end of the civil war.