Daily Bites of the Constitution 29 -Citizens’ Right to Vote
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Daily Bites of the Constitution of the United States
Preamble:
Reads From the Constitution in the Department of State's:
Preamble:
We the People of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America. Article 1 legislative department: Section 1” Congress legislative powers vested: All legislative powers herein granted (by the people) shall be vested in a congress of the United States which shall consist of a senate and a house of representatives (for the people)
United States Constitution
Citizens’ Right to Vote:
Amendment 26:
The right of citizens of United States who are 18 years of age or older to vote shall not be denied or abridged by United States or by any state on account of age. (Ratified July 1,1971)
2. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Amendment 27:
No law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
(Congress submitted the text of the 27th Amendment to the States as part of the proposed Bill of Rights on September 25,1789.
The Amendment was not ratified together with the first 10 Amendments which became effective on December 15,1791. The 27th Amendment was ratified on May 7,1992. by the vote of Michigan.
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The Institute takes its inspiration from the struggle of America’s founding generation to secure liberty through limited government and the rule of law. To encourage discussion about public policy and the proper role of government, the Cato Institute undertakes an extensive program of publications, conferences and seminars dealing with a wide range of issues.
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Amendment 26:
The right of citizens of United States who are 18 years of age or older to vote shall not be denied or abridged by United States or by any state on account of age. (Ratified July 1,1971)
2. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Amendment 27:
No law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened.
(Congress submitted the text of the 27th Amendment to the States as part of the proposed Bill of Rights on September 25,1789.
The Amendment was not ratified together with the first 10 Amendments which became effective on December 15,1791. The 27th Amendment was ratified on May 7,1992. by the vote of Michigan.
About the Cato Institute:
The Cato Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research foundation located in Washington D.C. named for Cato’s letters, libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution.
The Institute takes its inspiration from the struggle of America’s founding generation to secure liberty through limited government and the rule of law. To encourage discussion about public policy and the proper role of government, the Cato Institute undertakes an extensive program of publications, conferences and seminars dealing with a wide range of issues.
In addition Cato scholars appear often as authors and columnists and on television and radio programs to discuss issues of the day.
To maintain an independent posture the Cato Institute accepts no government funding. Cato Institute. 1000 massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington D.C. 20001-----
www.cato.org
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The Importance of a Moral Society
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Thomas Paine
COMMON SENSE
published anonymously on Jan. 10, 1776
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