bootz
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Try this,
then admit you are wrong.
Nah, just make it harder for them to get there or qualify to vote. That’s not racism though.
mobulis
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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.”
bootz
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15th amendment, look up 3 or 4 posts
mobulis
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Question:can you find a place in the Us Constitution where it says white men have the right to vote. if you cam just post it.
Answer: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.”
bootz
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that is a given and yet it means nothing
mobulis
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It means we have the right to vote.
Snow96
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In the original constitution – no there is no right to vote. BUT there is NOW.
Snow96
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Show me one state that has done something specifically that only effects black voters?
Please and thank you.
Remember, if they do something that effects ALL voters equally, it’s not racism.
Snow, you set a false condition in claiming that it cannot be racism if it applies to ALL voters. Simply false. It can still be racism if it is designed to impact voters disproportionately by race if the INTENT is to impact disproportionately.
NC STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP v. MCCRORY
" After years of preclearance and expansion of voting access, by 2013 African American registration and turnout rates had finally reached near-parity with white registration and turnout rates. African Americans were poised to act as a major electoral force. But, on the day after the Supreme Court issued Shelby County v. Holder, ___ U.S. ___, 133 S.Ct. 2612, 186 L.Ed.2d 651 (2013), eliminating preclearance obligations, a leader of the party that newly dominated the legislature (and the party that rarely enjoyed African American support) announced an intention to enact what he characterized as an “omnibus” election law. Before enacting that law, the legislature requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices. Upon receipt of the race data, the General Assembly enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans.
In response to claims that intentional racial discrimination animated its action, the State offered only meager justifications. Although the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision, they constitute inapt remedies for the problems assertedly justifying them and, in fact, impose cures for problems that did not exist. Thus the asserted justifications cannot and do not conceal the State’s true motivation. “In essence,” as in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (LULAC), 548 U.S. 399, 440, 126 S.Ct. 2594,
[831 F.3d 215]
165 L.Ed.2d 609 (2006), “the State took away [minority voters’] opportunity because [they] were about to exercise it.” As in LULAC, “[t]his bears the mark of intentional discrimination.” Id.
Faced with this record, we can only conclude that the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the challenged provisions of the law with discriminatory intent. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the district court to the contrary and remand with instructions to enjoin the challenged provisions of the law."
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bootz
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do you ever read the links?
Just. No.
The 15th Amendment did NOT give women the right to vote.
And it does not mention specific races—only that the right cannot be taken away due to former slave status or race.
Why is it conservatives/Republicans are the ones constantly worried about minority voters? Let citizens vote without suppression and find something more significant to worry about. Like where your rent money is coming from.
bootz
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point of thread is that voting is not a guaranteed right in the constitution it is a states issue.
many links posted
Last I checked, white was a color.
Really? Even 5 year olds?
The Bill of Rights for one.
You need to actually read the constitution rather than rely on someone else’s talking points.
From Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
This establishes the right of the free exercise of religion.
From Amendment 5
nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.
Establishes the right to be free of double jeopardy and the right to not be required to testify against ones self.
Amendment 26
Grants 18 year olds the right to vote.
brouski
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The Constitution protects rights. It prohibits government from infringing upon them. It enshrines them, if you prefer.
It does not GRANT them. They exist whether we have a constitution or not. There are other rights possessed by the people that are not even mentioned, they do not have to be GRANTED by the Constitution.
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