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On June 18, 1866, Congress adopted the Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the laws regardless of race, and sent it to the states for ratification. After a bitter struggle that included attempted rescissions of ratification by two states, the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted on July 28, 1868.
2024 Nevada Question 6 is a proposed constitutional amendment for the state of Nevada in the United States, that would protect the right to an abortion until fetal viability, which is generally considered about 23 or 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient. [2]
Blocking Racial Intermarriage Laws in 1935 and 1937: Seattle's First Civil Rights Coalition Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, 2005. Weierman, Karen Woods (2000). "For the Better Government of Servants and Slaves: The Law of Slavery and Miscegenation". Legal Studies Forum. 24 (1): 133– 156 – via HeinOnline. Gilmore, Al-Tony ...
Nevada - Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this State or any of its political subdivisions on account of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry or national origin. Nevada Constitution, Article 1, Section 24 (2022) New Hampshire - [Natural Rights ...
A frenzied race for Nevada's U.S. Senate seat is shaping up to be one of the closest in the country and both candidates hope their messages on abortion, immigration, inflation or public safety ...
(The Center Square) - U.S. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, both D-Nevada, introduced a bill last week to prevent President Donald Trump from ending birthright citizenship. In January ...
A 1913 miscegenation law broadened the list of races unacceptable as marriage partners for whites to include persons belonging to the "African, Korean, Malayan, or Mongolian race." This law reflected the nation's growing tension over the massive waves of immigrants entering the country during the early twentieth century.
At the time the race was called, nearly all of the ballots cast in the ca ... In 2021, Nevada enacted a new law that moved away from the Iowa-style presidential caucuses the state had held for ...