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reserved powers for the states, Anything not in the constitution is a power for the state.
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BAIL payment to get out of jail but can't be excessive (extended amount of money added.Bail -
Slavery was ended and was no longer a thing around and throughout the US. History -
shall not be denied the right to vote based on color. in 1896 the Supreme Court decision Plessy. NationalArchives -
This case dismissed the grandfather clause on the Oklahoma Voting Registrar Act of 1910 because it went against blacks and therefore went against the 15th Amendment. Guinn vs. black newspaper took this as an important way of giving everyone equal rights.(https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GU001) -
can not vote because of sex. Women were allowed to vote in Wyoming in 1869. Britannica -
Supreme court cases which were ruled by electoral districts by the state legislative chambers must be equal in population. Some district's votes carried more weight than others. Alabama's appointment scheme was against the constitutional equal protection clause. This was proven by a federal court and Alabama applied in 1964. (https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_reynolds.html) -
Prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote congress -
It outlawed discrimination in voting which included a literacy test. The Voting Rights Act was one of the most legal changes in the relationship in the United States in Voting since the Civil War. (https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act#:~:text=This%20act%20was%20signed%20into,as%20a%20prerequisite%20to%20voting.) -
Prohibited discrimination of those disabled in employment, state and local government public accommodations commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. (https://www.ada.gov/)