who submitted the first version of the equal rights amendment to congress in 1923
Equal Rights Amendment Alice Paul, the head of the National Women's Party, believed that the Nineteenth Amendment would not be enough to ensure that men and women were treated equally regardless of sex. In 1923, she revised the proposed amendment to read:
Presentment Clause The Presentment Clause, which is contained in Article I, Section 7, Clauses 2 and 3, provides:
Natural and legal rights According to Locke there are three natural rights:
Equal Protection Clause While the Equal Protection Clause itself only applies to state and local governments, the Supreme Court held in Bolling v. Sharpe (1954) that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment nonetheless imposes various equal protection requirements on the federal government.
51st state Before Alaska and Hawaii became states of the United States in 1959, the corresponding expression was "the 49th state".
United States Constitution The constitution was a federal one, and was influenced by the study of other federations, both ancient and extant.