Thursday, March 05, 2015
In 1939, Congress began to try to get rid of the poll tax, but history was not behind them. After all, in colonial times and when the Constitution first came into effect, land ownership was often a requirement for suffrage. Though only five states still had a poll tax by the time the amendment passed Congress, Supreme Court rulings made it doubtful that mere legislation would eliminate the tax altogether. Proposed by Congress on August 27, 1962, the 24th Amendment was ratified within a year and a half, on January 23, 1964 (514 days).
- Thought it was later under LBJ. To do: evoke legacy of JFK.
http://69626788.weebly.com/annotated-bibliography.html
there's an app for that: free annotated constitution app
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http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_for_college_students_claim_voter_id_law_suppresses_youth_vote
There is a 26th amendment claim in the N carolina suit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/us/college-students-claim-voter-id-laws-discriminate-based-on-age.html
http://smithblawg.blogspot.com/2014/07/north-carolina-students-use-26th.html
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/laura-flint/2014/07/08/chris-matthews-republicans-violate-26th-amendment-and-abridge-youth-vot
http://69626788.weebly.com/annotated-bibliography.html
there's an app for that: free annotated constitution app
https://lawyerist.com/69969/annotated-constitution-app/
https://lawyerist.com/
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_for_college_students_claim_voter_id_law_suppresses_youth_vote
There is a 26th amendment claim in the N carolina suit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/us/college-students-claim-voter-id-laws-discriminate-based-on-age.html
http://smithblawg.blogspot.com/2014/07/north-carolina-students-use-26th.html
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/laura-flint/2014/07/08/chris-matthews-republicans-violate-26th-amendment-and-abridge-youth-vot
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