My Morning of Mourning must come to an end.
I don't know why I am surprised that so few of you knew enough history to be aware that the White Men "citizens," who wrote "We The People," did not do so under the provisions of Constitutional law. They operated under the provisions of the Articles of Confederation. Article IV says, in part: "the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens." "Free inhabitants," eliminates almost all Black people alive in the states, at that time. "Vagabonds," is a colloquial way of saying none property owners. If you had to be a property owner to be a citizen, women would not qualify.
The US Constitution, written in the late 1770s, is not the document we have today. That document had to be specifically amended to confer the rights of citizenship to women, former slaves, and Native Americans. Thus, today, "We The People," are not just "White Men." That has been changed by people like the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She, and the others, had to fight anti-equality groups made up of ........... White Men.
Even after the Constitution was amended, people kept passing laws that nullified the changes. The Constitution itself does not contain enforcement clauses. That meant that Women and Non-White Men who wanted to enjoy the freedoms of citizenship had to get Federal Laws specifically addressing enforcement enacted and approved by the Supreme Court. That hard fight is something I will never forget.