Which of the following provides a constitutional basis for protecting civil rights? OA
"We the People of the United States, in order to ... secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do
ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." (Preamble to the US Constitution)
OB.
Ос.
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." (Fifteenth Amendment)
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without
apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." (Sixteenth Amendment)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights..." (Declaration of Independence)
OD