PLEASE HELP!!! Are there any minority rights in the Constitution or in the Bill of Rights?

Question

this is a homework problem. I've been searching and searching, but I can't find anything. please help me!!!

Answer 1

In the original Constitution, prior to amendments, look for the three-fifths rule, and who could vote.

Answer 2

No... there are no minority rights in the Consitution or Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights comprise the first 10 amendments tot he Constitution. Following amendments targeted minority rights, though to be honest I'm not positive which ones they are. A little searching on amendments will result in the information your looking for.

Answer 3

First,define minority,women are considered a minority but yet outnumber the men,second,everyone has not one race in it's history but several,and third if you give special treatment to a certain minority than you are being pregudice against the rest

Answer 4

you have to consider the times. only white men could own property, not women, not people of color. That "all men are created equal" part really meant, all the white men with some money. Same as today. Some things never change!

Answer 5

There is an amendment that abolished slavery and gave the women the right to vote.

Under our Constitution everyone is suppose to be treated equally, that doesn't happen because the country is run by a bunch of WASP males!

AMENDMENT XIII
Passed by Congress January 31, 1865. Ratified December 6, 1865.

Note: A portion of Article IV, section 2, of the Constitution was superseded by the 13th amendment.

Section 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.

Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 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 they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

AMENDMENT XV
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870.

Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude--

Section 2.
The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

AMENDMENT XIX
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919. Ratified August 18, 1920.

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

XXIV
Passed by Congress August 27, 1962. Ratified January 23, 1964.

Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.

Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation

AMENDMENT XXVI
Passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971.

Note: Amendment 14, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 1 of the 26th amendment.

Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Answer 6

THERE WAS AN INTENTIONAL EXCLUSION OF MINORITY RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. FUTURE FOCUS AMERICAN REVOLUTION 21st CENTURY.

Answer 7

Yes. If you consider yourself a hyphenated-american, you're automatically entitled to ONE BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!! LOLOL

That's the 46th amendment, the one after free ammunition, I think it is...

Answer 8

Yes, you have the same rights as every other American.

Answer 9

If you've read it and it is not in there then you are smarter than some on the courts who find stuff that isn't there.

Answer 10

hell no.we all should have the same rights you think