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Briefcase
ABOUT Briefcase
Briefcase features informative discussions on various legal topics affecting the general public. Guests include Leonard Baynes, The Dean of the University of Houston Law Center, along with UH Law Center Faculty and various legal experts.
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The Constitution: The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Abolition of Poll Tax
The Constitution: The Twenty-Third Amendment
D.C. residents couldn't vote for the US President?
The Constitution: The Twenty-Second Amendment
Two-Term Limit on U.S. Presidency
The Constitution: The Twenty-First Amendment
An Amendment to end the 18th Amendment's Prohibition
The Constitution: The Twentieth Amendment
Rules and Limits for President's Term
Overview of Modern Era Constitutional Amendments
Primarily geared towards the Presidency and voting rights.
The Constitution: The Nineteenth Amendment
Women's Right to Vote.
The Constitution: The Eighteenth Amendment
Prohibition and the banning of liquor.
The Constitution: The Seventeenth Amendment
The power for voters to elect Senators directly.
The Constitution: The Sixteenth Amendment
Gives Congress the power to tax income from individuals and corporations.
The Constitution: Progressive Era Amendments
One of the most active eras for social reform.
The Constitution: The Fifteenth Amendment
The last of the three Reconstruction Amendments.
The Constitution: The Fourteenth Amendment
Provides three important constitutional rights.
The Constitution: The Thirteenth Amendment
The means to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude.
The Constitution: The Civil War Amendments
Introduction to the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
The Constitution: The Twelfth Amendment
It changed how Presidents and Vice Presidents were selected.
The Constitution: The Eleventh Amendment
Citizens from one state cannot bring lawsuit against another state.