Sentence examples for amendments granted from inspiring English sources

Eventually, amendments granted all men and women the right to vote and hold office.

When the statehood bills for Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona came before Congress in 1903, she prepared amendments granting suffrage to women in the proposed new states.

The most serious disagreement came when Mr. Saakashvili's government rushed through legal amendments granting other religions equal legal status to the church.

Under the step-by-step peace plan, Parliament must approve constitutional amendments granting Macedonia's large ethnic Albanian minority greater rights.

And in Kazakhstan on May 13th parliament approved constitutional amendments granting Mr Nazarbayev the status of "leader of the nation", giving him the say over all policy moves, even after he leaves office.

The Republican party also led the fight for a series of constitutional amendments granting citizenship to those slaves, while Democrats in the mid 19th century tended to represent racist Southern interests.

Whether through judicial rulings protecting voting rights, or constitutional amendments granting them to more people, democracy in America has steadily expanded: a system that initially included only white propertyholders now reflects broad popular inclusion with affirmative prohibitions on racial or gender restrictions.[1].

Five years later, the 19th Amendment granted women voting rights.

The 14th Amendment granted citizenship, due process and equal protection to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

The post-civil war 14th amendment granted the rights of persons to former slaves, though mostly in theory.

Federal District Judge William M. Conley ruled that the First Amendment granted public employees the right to free speech and association, but did not grant them collective bargaining rights.