Authors: United States Congress

1860–1877

Articles of Impeachment Against Andrew Johnson

Source: “Articles of Impeachment Against Andrew Johnson,” available online at The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/john_chap_07.asp#articles. Article I That said Andrew Johnson, president of the United States . .

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1929–1941

The Norris-La Guardia Act

Source: 29 U.S. Code Title 29, Chapter 6, §101-110, Online from Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/chapter-6. No court of the United States, as defined in this chapter,

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1860–1877

The Enforcement Acts

The Enforcement Act, 1870 An Act to enforce the Right of Citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of the Union, and for other Purposes Be

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1860–1877

The 15th Amendment

Source: Statutes at Large, Fortieth Congress, Third Session, February 27, 1869, p. 346. https://goo.gl/zSQZPZ. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied

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1860–1877

Debate on the 14th Amendment

14th Amendment Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein

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1860–1877

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution

Source: Transcript of 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865), Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives, National Archives and Records Administration. https://goo.gl/8PQnBs. Section 1.

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