3. BILL OF RIGHTS
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
PRESS
SPEECH
RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY
RIGHT TO PETITION GOVERNMENT
1ST AMENDMENT
4. MORE AMENDMENTS
BILL OF RIGHTS: 2-10
2ND RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
3RD RIGHT NOT TO PROVIDE QUARTERS FOR SOLDIERS OR HAVE SEIZURES
4TH RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM UNREASONABLE SEIZURES AND SEARCHES
5TH RIGHT TO GRAND JURY, NO DOUBLE JEOPERDY OR SELF INCRIMINATION, AND
RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW
6TH RIGHT TO KNOW CHARGES, TO HAVE LAWYER, WITNESSES & BE THERE TO HEAR
WITNESSES (Habeas corpus?)
7TH RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL IN CIVIL CASES
8TH FREEDOM FROM EXCESSIVE BAIL AND CRUEL AND UNSUSUAL PUNISHMENT
9TH GUARANTEE OF RIGHTS NOT LISTED IN THE CONSTITUTION
10TH RIGHTS OF STATES AND PEOPLE
5. OTHER TRANSFORMATIVE AMENDMENTS
11TH STATE SOVEREIGNITY AGAINST SUIT
12TH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PROCEDURES
13TH ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
14TH FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION AND RIGHT OF EQUAL
PROTECTION
15TH RIGHTS OF BLACKS TO VOTE
16TH POWER OF CONGRESS TO IMPOSE TAX ON INCOMES.
19TH RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE
22ND LIMIT OF THE PRESIDENCY
26TH RIGHT OF 18 YEAR OLD TO VOTE
7. NATION OF IMMIGRANTS
18TH
CENTURY
CITIZENSHIP NATURALIZATION WAS OFFERED TO
“FREE WHITE PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER” ONLY
19TH
CENTURY
CITIZENSHIP WAS GRANTED TO EVERY ONE BORN IN THE UNITED
STATES INCLUDING BLACKS EXCEPT CHILDREN OF DIPLOMATS AND
ASIANS (RESIDENCY WAS ALLOWED)
20TH
CENTURY
EARLY
LITERACY REQUIREMENTS AND COUNTRY QUOTA SYSTEM WAS
ESTABLISHED FAVORING NORTHERN EUROPEANS OVER EASTERNERS
AND SOUTHERNERS; ALLOWED POST CARD WIVES FOR JAPANESE
MALES IN HAWAII AND WEST COAST.
8. NATION OF IMMIGRANTS
20TH
CENTURY
LATER
-FAMILY PREFERENCE AND SKILLS IN DEMAND WERE ESTABLISHED
WITHOUT RESTRICTION ON RACE OR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
- REFUGEE IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES WERE ESTABLISHED FOR
AN ANNUAL CEILING OF 50,000.
- ASYLUM PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED WITHOUT QUOTA BUT
HIGHLY RESTRICTIVE
- A LOTTERY SYSTEM TO ENCOURAGE LESS REPRESENTED ETHNIC
GROUPS WAS ESTABLISHED EXCLUDING COUNTRIES THAT SOURCED
50,000 IMMIGRANTS IN LAST 5 YEARS. THERE ARE COUNTRY
QUOTAS ATTACHED.
21ST
CENTURY
EARLY
THE DREAM ACT AND GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS ARE LARGELY STILL
ON THE DRAWING BOARD
9. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
ETHNICITY 1990 2000 %AGE CHANGE
TOTAL POPULATION 248.7M 281.4M 13
AFRICAN AMERICAN 23.8M 24.9M 4.9
ASIAN AMERICAN 6.8M 10.1M 47.6
AFRICANS 1.4M 3.1M 121.4
MEXICAN AMERICAN 11.58 18.38 58.7
LATINO AMERICANS 4.04 6.72 66.3
