https://nccs.net/blogs/americas-founding-documents/united-states-constitution-amendments-11-27
Amendment 11 - Authority of Federal Courts Restricted
(Ratified February 7, 1795)

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit, in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.

Amendment 12 - Election of the President and Vice President
(Ratified June 15, 1804)

The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the Senate. The president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.]amd

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.

Amendment 13 - Slavery Outlawed
(Ratified December 6, 1865)

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 14 - Rights of Citizenship
(Ratified July 9, 1868)

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, [excluding Indians not taxed]amd. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.

The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.

The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Amendment 15 - Voting Rights for All Races
(Ratified February 3, 1870)

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.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 16 - Federal Income Taxes
(Ratified February 3, 1913)

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.
Amendment 17 - Election of Senators by Popular Vote
(Ratified April 8, 1913)

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

Amendment 18 - Liquor Outlawed
(Ratified January 16, 1919)

[After one year from the ratification of this article, the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.]amd

Amendment 19 - Voting Rights for Men and Women
(Ratified August 18, 1920)

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 sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 20 - Terms of the President and Congress; Replacing the President
(Ratified January 23, 1933)

The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the twentieth day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the third day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the third day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President-elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.

Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the fifteenth day of October following the ratification of this article.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission.

Amendment 21 - Control of Liquor Returned to the States
(Ratified December 5, 1933)

The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.

Amendment 22 - Presidents Limited to Two Terms
(Ratified February 27, 1951)

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the Congress.

Amendment 23 - Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
(Ratified March 29, 1961)

The district constituting the seat of government of the United States shall appoint, in such manner as the Congress may direct, a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the district would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least populous state; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state; and they shall meet in the district and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 24 - Voting Rights Protected from Taxes
(Ratified January 23, 1964)

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 25 - Replacing the President and Vice President
(Ratified February 10, 1967)

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President, who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.

Whenever the President transmits to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as acting President.

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments, or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department, or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Amendment 26 - Voting Rights for All Citizens Eighteen or Older
(Ratified July 1, 1971)

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment 27 - Changes in Salaries of Senators and Representatives
(Ratified May 7, 1992)

No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

stonemasonn:
good for you. I’m entitled to 1.5x only after one year of work, I’ve only worked 4 months. I can’t complain, I need the job and the cash.

Are you sure you are only entitled to holiday pay untl after 1 yr? It is very unusual, actually Ive never heard of a company restricting it. Like someone else said Americans don't play with holidays and companies use it to compensate or entice people to work it . For me Im required to work at least 2 holidays but the compensation is time and a half.

Dremca:
What's the 14th ammendment all about

I have uoloaded the Ammendnents/U S constitution 2 posts up above.

CC Nig4Greatness

Thanks. I'm still going through it. I'm already feeling like an immigrant.

Backfornow:


I have uoloaded the Ammendnents/U S constitution 2 posts up above.

CC Nig4Greatness

Backfornow:


I have uoloaded the Ammendnents/U S constitution 2 posts up above.

CC Nig4Greatness

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Yeah I know all that,was referring to the aspect that deal with jus soli..

Backfornow:


Are you sure you are only entitled to holiday pay untl after 1 yr? It is very unusual, actually Ive never heard of a company restricting it. Like someone else said Americans don't play with holidays and companies use it to compensate or entice people to work it . For me Im required to work at least 2 holidays but the compensation is time and a half.

Ammended
I forgot about salaried workers, they are the exception.

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Govt/federal employees get double for holiday work and it's open to all interested employees year round.

Nig4Greatness:
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Yeah I know all that,was referring to the aspect that deal with jus soli..

Oh, im not correcting you. Just letting you know that I uploaded the constitution because someone asked you about the Ammendnents. I thought it would save time and would be thorough.

Nig4Greatness:
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Govt/federal employees get double for holiday work and it's open to all interested employees year round.

Ok.
Didnt know that the federal get holiday pay, makes sense. Some salaried workers dont however, Ive been complained to about it.

Dear gentlemen,

I have followed this thread for sometime now. Although I'm not sure this is the right place to post this but the caption "aspirant" should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate me.

I've been thinking of this relocation thing seriously. What are the options legitimately available to me migrating to the USA?

Let me give a bit of context: I'm 28 years old, I am in active legal practice in a relatively top law firm Lagos and have been at it since I was 24. I plan to get married next year (my intended is also a lawyer of similar experience and exposure). So, I'm looking for an option that would accommodate us both. We're not necessarily from buoyant backgrounds but we're trying.

What can we do? Leads and links would be appreciated. Thank you all.

jjohndoe83:
Dear gentlemen,

I have followed this thread for sometime now. Although I'm not sure this is the right place to post this but the caption "aspirant" should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate me.

I've been thinking of this relocation thing seriously. What are the options legitimately available to me migrating to the USA?

Let me give a bit of context: I'm 28 years old, I am in active legal practice in a relatively top law firm Lagos and have been at it since I was 24. I plan to get married next year (my intended is also a lawyer of similar experience and exposure). So, I'm looking for an option that would accommodate us both. We're not necessarily from buoyant backgrounds but we're trying.

What can we do? Leads and links would be appreciated. Thank you all.

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I try to avoid commenting on anything immigration because of it's sensitivity to my fellow Nigerians but if I may add my opinion,there's no legitimate way to immigrate to US from Nigeria for now except through family petitions and employment based which is rare.
But you may pursue some student routes if that will ultimately guaranteed legal status is what am not sure of.

Backfornow:


Ok.
Didnt know that the federal get holiday pay, makes sense. Some salaried workers dont however, Ive been complained to about it.

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Yea they do handsomely and it's one of the attraction working as a federal employee.
Most salaried workers get other allowances that cover up for those holidays and weekends as well.

Nig4Greatness:
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I try to avoid commenting on anything immigration because of it's sensitivity to my fellow Nigerians but if I may add my opinion,there's no legitimate way to immigrate to US from Nigeria for now except through family petitions and employment based which is rare.
But you may pursue some student routes if that will ultimately guaranteed legal status is what am not sure of.

No reason to shy away from the hard truth.

Backfornow:


Work for me. 1.5x pay, so Im all for it and then try to find a barbeque to crash. How about you?

Mobilia, has school started for school kids yet? I heard down south starts after Labor day, but up here it started in July for school aged children.

Most districts started a week ago

Mobilia:


Oh, many schools (mainly public) resumed on the first Monday in August. Most of the southern states (in the U.S..regardless of parochial, charter or public) start anywhere from the 1st to 2nd week of August on average.
But most kids got out of school around the 3rd week of May..
They basically give kids about 2 months and 1 week of summer vacay now-a-days.
I took a 1 year leave of absence (from teaching) to work on a special project...but I miss my "kids"
Chicago public schools always start the day after Labor day. I've got a relative up there. Nut they didn't get out of school till around June 21st.
The schools where you're at though, may be on "year-round" school with the two week vacations in between I'm guessing.
Grills will be fired up all over for the holiday..ribs, burgers, wings, sausage, goat...etc. Folks are gonna be happy.

You teach? I taught for 8 years everything from 9th-graduate school. I miss the 11/12th graders the most though

Nig4Greatness:
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Some make more money working during holidays while some spend money already saved for family activities.Americans don't joke with holidays.

For me,am in flushing meadows NY for US open..
Follow by cousin wedding in Bronx ,then trip to UK to see family and then finally my beloved country.
Loaded week for me.

My in-laws live in the Bronx with all the other Jamaicans lol

jjohndoe83:
Dear gentlemen,

I have followed this thread for sometime now. Although I'm not sure this is the right place to post this but the caption "aspirant" should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate me.

I've been thinking of this relocation thing seriously. What are the options legitimately available to me migrating to the USA?

Let me give a bit of context: I'm 28 years old, I am in active legal practice in a relatively top law firm Lagos and have been at it since I was 24. I plan to get married next year (my intended is also a lawyer of similar experience and exposure). So, I'm looking for an option that would accommodate us both. We're not necessarily from buoyant backgrounds but we're trying.

What can we do? Leads and links would be appreciated. Thank you all.

You will not be able to practice law without going back to school and passing the bar and even then may have to open your own practice as finding a job will be difficult. Even when you pass the bar here, it's state by state with a few exceptions. You have t o pass in each state you intend to practice. There is an over abundance of lawyers here. Most viable will probably be working as prosecutor for the state but they don't make a lot.

https://hirealawyer.findlaw.com/choosing-the-right-lawyer/what-are-the-professional-requirements-for-becoming-a-lawyer.html

Admission without law school Edit
In California, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming[14] an applicant who has not attended law school may take the bar exam after study under a judge or practicing attorney for an extended period of time.[15][16] This method is known as "reading law" or "reading the law".

New York requires that applicants who are reading the law have at least one year of law school study (Rule 520.4 for the Admission of Attorneys).[17]

Maine allows students with two years of law school to serve an apprenticeship in lieu of completing their third year.

stonemasonn:
It’s a labor weekend my American and US based people.

What’s going on people, Backfornow, Babyvet, chief kroger and all..what’s the weekend gonna be like..

Boss, am on lowkey this weekend..Grill/drinks and Netflix. Having a major certification next week so I need to study small ..

kroger:


Boss, am on lowkey this weekend..[b]Grill/drinks a[/b]nd Netflix. Having a major certification next month so I need to study small ..

Bought from Kroger i hope

radautoworks:


Bought from Kroger i hope

Funny enough I rarely go to Kroger I prefer my wallmart to feed my eye.

Please for any immigration related questions , please go on the USCIS website . If you need any clarifications that we can help you, it at least shows some seriousness.

radautoworks:


My in-laws live in the Bronx with all the other Jamaicans lol

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Yeah many Jamo around that place.everyone seems to be happy with one another.
NYC.....no trumpland.

Trenton:



@Dremca, i have been observing you since this thread started,i cant help but laugh because i was in ur shoes few months ago, with more than 30 top notch tech ideas to my name,and even had the opportunity to attend a hackathon, i realised that nobody can really interpret ur idea compared to u untill you test ur idea in the market,i applied to several american vc via mail and phone call, nobody wants to invest in just an idea, go nd hustle for money， then start testing ur ideas，investors want to invest in an idea that has been tested in the market

Can you give me some lists of VC's?

@kroger backfornow trenton radautoworks
Have you guys heard about an angel investors or VC's from nigeria?

davinchecodes:
@kroger backfornow trenton radautoworks
Have you guys heard about an angel investors or VC's from nigeria?

I don't know of any, but that doesn't mean that one doesnt exist.

Backfornow:
Forbes has released the rankings of the top highest paid 25 jobs in the US for 2018. This list is current as of July 19,2018. According to the list, the top jobs are in healthcare and IT.
The top 11 are as follows..
1. Physician
2. Pharmacy Manager
3. Pharmacist
4. Enterprise Architect
5. Corporate Counsel
6. Software Development Manager
7. Physician Assistant
8. Software Engineering Manager
9. Nurse Practitioner
10. Sotware Architect
11. Engineering Manager
12. Applications Development Manager

To see the complete list along with income, here is the link. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/08/15/the-25-highest-paying-jobs-in-america-in-2018/#436bed635fd5

Software Engineering Manager & Software Development Manager are the same.

kroger:


Boss, am on lowkey this weekend..Grill/drinks and Netflix. Having a major certification next week so I need to study small ..

Pray tell, what certification are you preparing for?

ApexTitan:
All this talk of oppression and victimization of blacks in 2018 never fail to amaze me.

It is granted that blacks and minorities suffered horrible atrocities in the past but anyone who continues to accept that as the reason why they are underperforming in key success areas today is adopting the convenient and preposterous position that has gained the upper hand in many circles today.

While we are busy playing victim and victimizer in America, Asian immigrants are excelling, even more than whites, under the very same system that we lament about. I wonder why. But there's no time to reason out why this is the case, time is better spent organizing the next protest and demonstration. Eff the Donald! Eff the popo! Antifa power! BLM power, LBGTQYZ power

I was reading some of your previous post and this caught my attention.. You exude great knowledge on the subject matter..

ApexTitan:


Pray tell, what certification are you preparing for?

CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker)

[quote author=Backfornow post=70823747]

I don't know of any, but that doesn't mean that one doesnt exist.[/quote
There is one but I don't remember the name (at least as of early last year,). They're the ones who I said earlier were operating out of Yaba

There is one but I don't remember the name (at least as of early last year,). They're the ones who I said earlier were operating out of Yaba
[quote author=radautoworks post=70824349][/quote]

Ok , davinchecodes here's your lead tip.

Backfornow:


There is one but I don't remember the name (at least as of early last year,). They're the ones who I said earlier were operating out of Yaba


Ok , davinchecodes here's your lead tip.

I Know Of Andela, They Are Not VC's but thanks sis/bro

davinchecodes:

I Know Of Andela, They Are Not VC's but thanks sis/bro

Oh ok.
That tip was from radautoworks. The quoting function didnt work properly for some reason.