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enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of 
each House, remove such disability.
    Section 4. 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. But neither 
the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or 
obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against 
the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of 
any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be 
held illegal and void.
    Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by 
appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-
ninth Congress, on the 13th of June, 1866. It was declared, in a 
certificate of the Secretary of State dated July 28, 1868 to have been 
ratified by the legislatures of 28 of the 37 States. The dates of 
ratification were: Connecticut, June 25, 1866; New Hampshire, July 6, 
1866; Tennessee, July 19, 1866; New Jersey, September 11, 1866 
(subsequently the legislature rescinded its ratification, and on March 
24, 1868, readopted its resolution of rescission over the Governor's 
veto, and on Nov. 12, 1980, expressed support for the amendment); 
Oregon, September 19, 1866 (and rescinded its ratification on October 
15, 1868); Vermont, October 30, 1866; Ohio, January 4, 1867 (and 
rescinded its ratification on January 15, 1868); New York, January 10, 
1867; Kansas, January 11, 1867; Illinois, January 15, 1867; West 
Virginia, January 16, 1867; Michigan, January 16, 1867; Minnesota, 
January 16, 1867; Maine, January 19, 1867; Nevada, January 22, 1867; 
Indiana, January 23, 1867; Missouri, January 25, 1867; Rhode Island, 
February 7, 1867; Wisconsin, February 7, 1867; Pennsylvania, February 
12, 1867; Massachusetts, March 20, 1867; Nebraska, June 15, 1867; Iowa, 
March 16, 1868; Arkansas, April 6, 1868; Florida, June 9, 1868; North 
Carolina, July 4 1868 (after having rejected it on December 14, 1866); 
Louisiana, July 9, 1868 (after having rejected it on February 6, 1867); 
South Carolina, July 9, 1868 (after having rejected it on December 20, 
1866).
    Ratification was completed on July 9, 1868.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Alabama, July 13, 1868; 
Georgia, July 21, 1868 (after having rejected it on November 9, 1866); 
Virginia, October 8, 1869 (after having rejected it on January 9, 
1867); Mississippi, January 17, 1870; Texas, February 18, 1870 (after 
having rejected it on October 27, 1866); Delaware, February 12, 1901 
(after having rejected it on February 8, 1867); Maryland, April 4, 1959 
(after having rejected it on March 23, 1867); California, May 6 1959); 
Kentucky, March 18, 1976 (after having rejected it on January 8, 1867).

                              Article XV.

    Section 1. 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.
    Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this 
article by appropriate legislation.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The fifteen30,th amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Fortieth 
Congress, on the 26th of February, 1869, and was declared, in a 
proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated March 30, 1870, to have 
been ratified by the legislatures of twenty-nine of the thirty-seven 
States. The dates of ratification were: Nevada, March 1, 1869; West 
Virginia, March 3, 1869; Illinois, March 5, 1869; Louisiana, March 5, 
1869; North Carolina, March 5, 1869; Michigan, March 8, 1869; 
Wisconsin, March 9, 1869; Maine, March 11, 1869; Massachusetts, March 
12, 1869; Arkansas, March 15, 1869; South Carolina, March 15, 1869; 
Pennsylvania, March 25, 1869; New York, April 14, 1869 (and the 
legislature of the same State passed a resolution January 5, 1870, to 
withdraw its consent to it, which action it rescinded on March 30, 
1970); Indiana, May 14, 1869; Connecticut, May 19, 1869; Florida, June 
14, 1869; New Hampshire, July 1, 1869; Virginia, October 8, 1869; 
Vermont, October 20, 1869; Missouri, January 7, 1870; Minnesota, 
January 13, 1870; Mississippi, January 17, 1870; Rhode Island, January 
18, 1870; Kansas, January 19, 1870; Ohio, January 27, 1870 (after 
having rejected it on April 30, 1869); Georgia, February 2, 1870; Iowa, 
February 3, 1870.
    Ratification was completed on February 3, 1870, unless the 
withdrawal of ratification by New York was effective; in which event 
ratification was completed on February 17, 1870, when Nebraska 
ratified.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Texas, February 18, 
1870; New Jersey, February 15, 1871 (after having rejected it on 
February 7, 1870); Delaware, February 12, 1901 (after having rejected 
it on March 18, 1869); Oregon, February 24, 1959; California, April 3, 
1962 (after having rejected it on January 28, 1870); Kentucky, March 
18, 1976 (after having rejected it on March 12, 1869).
    The amendment was approved by the Governor of Maryland, May 7, 
1973; Maryland having previously rejected it on February 26, 1870.
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by 
Tennessee, November 16, 1869.

                              Article XVI.

    The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on 
incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment 
among the several States, and without regard to any census or 
enumeration.
    The sixteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-
first Congress on the 12th of July, 1909, and was declared, in a 
proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 25th of February, 
1913, to have been ratified by 36 of the 48 States. The dates of 
ratification were: Alabama, August 10, 1909; Kentucky, February 8, 
1910; South Carolina, February 19, 1910; Illinois, March 1, 1910; 
Mississippi, March 7, 1910; Oklahoma, March 10, 1910; Maryland, April 
8, 1910; Georgia, August 3, 1910; Texas, August 16, 1910; Ohio, January 
19, 1911; Idaho, January 20, 1911; Oregon, January 23, 1911; 
Washington, January 26, 1911; Montana, January 30, 1911; Indiana, 
January 30, 1911; California, January 31, 1911; Nevada, January 31, 
1911; South Dakota, February 3, 1911; Nebraska, February 9, 1911; North 
Carolina, February 11, 1911; Colorado, February 15, 1911; North Dakota, 
February 17, 1911; Kansas, February 18, 1911; Michigan, February 23, 
1911; Iowa, February 24, 1911; Missouri, March 16, 1911; Maine, March 
31, 1911; Tennessee, April 7, 1911; Arkansas, April 22, 1911 (after 
having rejected it earlier); Wisconsin, May 26, 1911; New York, July 
12, 1911; Arizona, April 6, 1912; Minnesota, June 11, 1912; Louisiana, 
June 28, 1912; West Virginia, January 31, 1913; New Mexico, February 3, 
1913.
    Ratification was completed on February 3, 1913.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Massachusetts, March 4, 
1913; New Hampshire, March 7, 1913 (after having rejected it on March 
2, 1911).
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by 
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Utah.

                            [Article XVII.]

    The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two 
Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 
six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors 
in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for 
electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
    When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in 
the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue 
writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the 
legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to 
make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies 
by election as the legislature may direct.
    This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the 
election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid 
as part of the Constitution.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The seventeenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-
second Congress on the 13th of May, 1912, and was declared, in a 
proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 31st of May, 1913, to 
have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. The 
dates of ratification were: Massachusetts, May 22, 1912; Arizona, June 
3, 1912; Minnesota, June 10, 1912; New York, January 15, 1913; Kansas, 
January 17, 1913; Oregon, January 23, 1913; North Carolina, January 25, 
1913; California, January 28, 1913; Michigan, January 28, 1913; Iowa, 
January 30, 1913; Montana, January 30, 1913; Idaho, January 31, 1913; 
West Virginia, February 4, 1913; Colorado, February 5, 1913; Nevada, 
February 6, 1913; Texas, February 7, 1913; Washington, February 7, 
1913; Wyoming, February 8, 1913; Arkansas, February 11, 1913; Maine, 
February 11, 1913; Illinois, February 13, 1913; North Dakota, February 
14, 1913; Wisconsin, February 18, 1913; Indiana, February 19, 1913; New 
Hampshire, February 19, 1913; Vermont, February 19, 1913; South Dakota, 
February 19, 1913; Oklahoma, February 24, 1913; Ohio, February 25, 
1913; Missouri, March 7, 1913; New Mexico, March 13, 1913; Nebraska, 
March 14, 1913; New Jersey, March 17, 1913; Tennessee, April 1, 1913; 
Pennsylvania, April 2, 1913; Connecticut, April 8, 1913.
    Ratification was completed on April 8, 1913.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Louisiana, June 11, 
1914.
    The amendment was rejected by Utah (and not subsequently ratified) 
on February 26, 1913.

                          Article [XVIII].\16\

    Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this 
article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of 
intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or 
the exportation thereof from the United States and all 
territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage 
purposes is hereby prohibited.
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    Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have 
concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate 
legislation.
    Sec. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall 
have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the 
legislatures of the several States, as provided in the 
Constitution, within seven years from the date of the 
submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-
fifth Congress, on the 18th of December, 1917, and was declared, in a 
proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 29th of January, 
1919, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. 
The dates of ratification were: Mississippi, January 8, 1918; Virginia, 
January 11, 1918; Kentucky, January 14, 1918; North Dakota, January 25, 
1918; South Carolina, January 29, 1918; Maryland, February 13, 1918; 
Montana, February 19, 1918; Texas, March 4, 1918; Delaware, March 18, 
1918; South Dakota, March 20, 1918; Massachusetts, April 2, 1918; 
Arizona, May 24, 1918; Georgia, June 26, 1918; Louisiana, August 3, 
1918; Florida, December 3, 1918; Michigan, January 2, 1919; Ohio, 
January 7, 1919; Oklahoma, January 7, 1919; Idaho, January 8, 1919; 
Maine, January 8, 1919; West Virginia, January 9, 1919; California, 
January 13, 1919; Tennessee, January 13, 1919; Washington, January 13, 
1919; Arkansas, January 14, 1919; Kansas, January 14, 1919; Alabama, 
January 15, 1919; Colorado, January 15, 1919; Iowa, January 15, 1919; 
New Hampshire, January 15, 1919; Oregon, January 15, 1919; Nebraska, 
January 16, 1919; North Carolina, January 16, 1919; Utah, January 16, 
1919; Missouri, January 16, 1919; Wyoming, January 16, 1919.
    Ratification was completed on January 16, 1919. See Dillon v. 
Gloss, 256 U.S. 368, 376 (1921).
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Minnesota on January 17, 
1919; Wisconsin, January 17, 1919; New Mexico, January 20, 1919; 
Nevada, January 21, 1919; New York, January 29, 1919; Vermont, January 
29, 1919; Pennsylvania, February 25, 1919; Connecticut, May 6, 1919; 
and New Jersey, March 9, 1922.
    The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by Rhode 
Island.

                             Article [XIX].

    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 sex.
    Congress shall have power to enforce this article by 
appropriate legislation.

                       Proposal and Ratification

    The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-
sixth Congress, on the 4th of June, 1919, and was declared, in a 
proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 26th of August, 1920, 
to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. The 
dates of ratification were: Illinois, June 10, 1919 (and that State 
readopted its resolution of ratification June 17, 1919); Michigan, June 
10, 1919; Wisconsin, June 10, 1919; Kansas, June 16, 1919; New York, 
June 16, 1919; Ohio, June 16, 1919; Pennsylvania, June 24, 1919; 
Massachusetts, June 25, 1919; Texas, June 28, 1919; Iowa, July 2, 1919; 
Missouri, July 3, 1919; Arkansas, July 28, 1919; Montana, August 2, 
1919; Nebraska, August 2, 1919; Minnesota, September 8, 1919; New 
Hampshire, September 10, 1919; Utah, October 2, 1919; California, 
November 1, 1919; Maine, November 5, 1919; North Dakota, December 1, 
1919; South Dakota, December 4, 1919; Colorado, December 15, 1919; 
Kentucky, January 6, 1920; Rhode Island, January 6, 1920; Oregon, 
January 13, 1920; Indiana, January 16, 1920; Wyoming, January 27, 1920; 
Nevada, February 7, 1920; New Jersey, February 9, 1920; Idaho, February 
11, 1920; Arizona, February 12, 1920; New Mexico, February 21, 1920; 
Oklahoma, February 28, 1920; West Virginia, March 10, 1920; Washington, 
March 22, 1920; Tennessee, August 18, 1920.
    Ratification was completed on August 18, 1920.
    The amendment was subsequently ratified by Connecticut on September 
14, 1920 (and that State reaffirmed on September 21, 1920); Vermont, 
February 8, 1921; Delaware, March 6, 1923 (after having rejected in on 
June 2, 1920); Maryland, March 29, 1941 (after having rejected it on 
February 24, 1920, ratification certified on February 25, 1958); 
Virginia, February 21, 1952 (after having rejected it on February 12, 
1920); Alabama, September 8, 1953 (after having rejected it on 
September 22, 1919); Florida, May 13, 1969; South Carolina, July 1, 
1969 (after having rejected it on January 28, 1920, ratification 
certified on August 22, 1973); Georgia, February 20, 1970 (after having 
rejected it on July 24, 1919); Louisiana, June 11, 1970 (after having 
rejected it on July 1, 1920); North Carolina, May 6, 1971; Mississippi, 
March 22, 1984 (after having rejected it on March 29, 1920).

                             Article [XX.]

    Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President 
shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of 
Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, 
of the years in which such terms would have ended if this 
article had not been ratified; and the terms of their 
successors shall then begin.
    Sec. 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every 
year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of 
January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
    Sec. 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term 
of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice 
President elect shall become President. If a President shall 
not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of 
his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to 
qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President 
until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by 
law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor 
a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who 
shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is 
to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly 
until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
    Sec. 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the 
death of any of the persons from whom the House of 
Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of 

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