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Home | AMERICA | Slavery Era Thinking Behind Voting Rights Act Dismissal

Slavery Era Thinking Behind Voting Rights Act Dismissal

March 24, 2014 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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State’s right to legalize slavery era thinking was actually key to Voting Rights Act dismissal by Supreme Court | Democracy, elections, and voting

Chief Justice Roberts Used Slavery-Era Principles To Gut The Voting Rights Act

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By karoli March 24, 2014 7:30 am – Comments U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice relied on a theory which is not contained in the US constitution, but is a slavery-era theory, to gut the Voting Rights Act in his decision last year. It looks like Chief Justice a Voting Rights Act Dismissal.

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Filed Under: Democracy in America Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, African-American Voting Rights, Minority Voting Rights, Racism and Prejudice, Supreme Court, Voter Access, Voting Rights Act

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