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Tag Archives: Reconstruction
THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY of the 14th AMENDMENT: When Will the Truth Finally Come Out?
by Diane Rufino, 2014- January 19, 2023 This article is about the Fourteenth Amendment – the amendment directly responsible for the cruel Reconstruction era and restructuring of the defeated Southern states. The amendment is so controversial and so questionable, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, Article V, civil rights act of 1865, congressional records, Constitution, Diane Rufino, former Confederate states, fourteenth amendment, illegal ratification, illegal ratification of the 14th amendment, Leander Perez, President Andrew Johnson, Reconstruction, reconstruction acts, unconstitutional Congress, unconstitutionality of the 14th amendment
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WHAT IS THE STATUS OF VOTER ID in NORTH CAROLINA?
by Diane Rufino, October 27, 2022 THE RIGHT TO VOTE At the time of the founding of our country, many groups, including white men who didn’t own any land, free blacks, and women, could not vote. Did that mean that … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th amendment, 14th amendment, 15th amendment, 19th amendment, 2013 NC voter ID law, 2018 NC voter ID law, 26th amendment, amendments addressing the right to vote, civil rights, Constitution, Diane Rufino, HB 589, integration, Jim Crow, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, NC General Assembly, NC NAACP, NC Voter ID, NC voter ID amendment, North Carolina, racial discrimination, racial segregation, Reconstruction, S.824, segregation, the right to vote, Voter ID, voter ID laws, voting righs, Voting Rights Act of 1965
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You Don’t Stop Discrimination by Instituting New Policies that Discriminate
by Diane Rufino, August 21, 2021 Many years ago, when my children were in elementary and intermediate schools, I saw something that troubled me so much that it has continued to stick in my mind. I went to Wintergreen Elementary … Continue reading
BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: Does the 14th Amendment Really Recognize it for Illegal Aliens?
by Diane Rufino, November 16, 2018 The term “birthright citizenship” refers to the idea that you can become a citizen of a country simply by being born there. The fancy legal term is jus soli, “right of the soil” … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, Bingham, birthright citizenship, citizenship, citizenship clause, civil rights act of 1865, Civil War, Diane Rufino, fourteenth amendment, H.R. Res. 127, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, illegals, Reconstruction, reconstruction acts, Rep. John Bingham, Senator Howard, Trump
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RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE ARTICLE 1, SECTION 4 (“SECESSION PROHIBITED”) FROM THE NC CONSTITUTION
Written and Proposed by Diane Rufino RESOLUTION TO REMOVE ARTICLE I: SECTION 4 from the NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION This is a resolution to propose that Article I, Section 4 be removed from the NC state constitution, in part to acknowledge … Continue reading
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Tagged "secession prohibited", 10th Amendment, 14th amendment, article 1, article 1 section 4, Civil War, Constitution, Diane Rufino, Lincoln, NC, NC state constitution, North Carolina, readmission, readmission to union, Reconstruction, resolution, secession, section 4, sovereignty, Stanton, state, state constitution, state sovereignty, Tenth Amendment, union
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Why Have African-Americans Abandoned the Republican Party When the Republican Party Has Never Abandoned Them?
by Diane Rufino “I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong.” — Zora Neale Hurston. … Continue reading
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