The delegates who gathered in convention in Richmond in 1901 to rewrite Virginia's Constitution had no doubt about why they were there. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects "the freedom of speech," but that protection is not absolute.A State's conditioning of the right to vote on the payment of a fee or tax violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This post discusses the constitutional principles and the law that applies to interim governments in Bangladesh. This post discusses the constitutional principles and the law that applies to interim governments in Bangladesh. The process of becoming a U.S. citizen is called naturalization. Division in Writ Petition No.9989 of 2014.) Government of Bangladesh and others: Appellants. =Versus= Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddiqui and. There is a proposed amendment to Article X. Taxation and Finance. The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870, and granted the right to vote to African American men.