POLI 330N Week 7 Discussion: Our Struggle for Freedom, Civil Liberties Political Equality
POLI 330N Week 7 Discussion
The Equal Rights Amendment was first … almost a century ago and has still not been … to the United States Constitution. It is … to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. It was first introduced to Congress by Alice Paul, leader of women’s suffrage movement in 1923. Compare/contrast the Equal Rights Amendment with the Fourteenth Amendment. Did they deal with separate concepts? Explain your answer.
The Bill of Rights is not only included with the United States Constitution but also state constitutions. All states have provisions in their constitutions that protect individual rights. Go online and look up your state constitution concerning amendments that are … in the Bill of Rights. How does your state constitution protect your individual rights?