On June 16, 1866, the House Joint Resolution proposing the 14th amendment to the Constitution was submitted to the states. On July 28, 1868, the 14th amendment was declared, in a certificate of the Secretary of State, ratified by the necessary 28 of the 37 States, and became part of the supreme law of the land.assed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to former slaves.
Before the Oresund Bridge, residents of Malmo in Sweden or Copenhagen in Denmark had to take a one and a half hour ferry ride across the Oresund Strait that separates the two countries and cities.
Denmark and Sweden tighten border controls. Scandinavia-bound refugees face new barriers as Denmark launches checks on German border following Swedish ID controls. Denmark has introduced temporary controls along its border with Germany, just hours after Sweden took similar measures to check the flow of refugees. Sweden began checking documents of travellers from Denmark on Monday for the first time in half a century, causing delays of trains and frustration among travellers. Those without valid ID documents are denied to board buses, trains and ferries bound for Sweden, but cars are exempt from checks. Denmark's prime minister said Sweden's move gave his country no option but to impose its own border controls. He appealed to the European Union to take collective decisions to better protect its external borders against the tide of migrants and refugees.