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The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
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The Supreme Court did not consider the issue of whether a plaintiff's late discovery of a discriminatory action would excuse a failure to file within the 180-day period because her attorneys conceded it would have made no difference in her case. [17] [18] In dissent, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote:
The default date specified is the first Monday in December, though Congress is empowered to set another date and the president can summon special sessions. The original text of the Constitution set a duration for the terms of federal elected officials, but not the specific dates on which those terms would begin or end.
Dowager Countess Violet Crawley died in Downton Abbey: A New Era, but the upcoming third movie will still pay tribute to the late Maggie Smith. “The fact that Dame Maggie herself has now passed ...
Amendment 4 - Abortion Access - FAILED This amendment would have made abortion legal until fetal viability, which is generally considered to be around 23-24 weeks.
The Blaine Amendment, proposed in 1875, would have banned public funds from going to religious purposes, in order to prevent Catholics from taking advantage of such funds. [9] Though it failed to pass, many states adopted such provisions. [10] An amendment allowing property-owning unmarried women to vote was proposed by Representative William ...
World Trade Organization members failed to agree on reforms to revive a broken trade dispute settlement system during the last General Council meeting before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ...