COURSE

POLI330N – Political Science

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

• Option 1:The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed almost a century ago and has still not been added to the United States Constitution. It is supposed 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.
• Option 2: 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 included in the Bill of Rights. How does your state constitution protect your individual rights?

SOLUTION

The Fourteenth Amendment was passed in 1868, it prohibited states from interfering with the life, liberty, and or property of all, without due process of law, and not denying any person of  equal protection of the laws. The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provided protection of rights of African Americans, women, and other categories of people against discrimination by state or local governments. The equal protection clause provides for equal treatment by government of people residing within the United States and each of its states.……Please click the icon below to access entire solution at $5