Voting Rights Act of 1965
AN ACT to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the […]
New Hampshire Ratifying Convention Proposed Admendments
Tenth, That no standing Army shall be Kept up in time of Peace unless with the consent of three fourths of the Members of each branch of Congress, nor shall […]
Coercive Acts
Boston Port Act (March 31, 1774) An act to discontinue, in such manner, and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, […]
Clayton Antitrust Act
An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of […]
Civil Rights Act of 1991
An Act to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve Federal civil rights laws, to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination, to clarify […]
Civil Rights Act of 1960
AN ACT To enforce constitutional rights, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That […]
Civil Rights Act of 1957
An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House […]
Civil Rights Act of 1875
An Act to Protect All Citizens in Their Civil and Legal Rights. Whereas it is essential to just government we recognize the equality of all men before the law, and […]
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Source: Statutes at Large, Thirty-ninth Congress, First Session, April 9, 1866, p. 27. https://goo.gl/iHGJMQ. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America […]
Sedition Act
SEDITION ACT Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any persons shall unlawfully combine […]