Ramirez, 1974) the Supreme Court held that felon disenfranchisement laws did not violate Section 2, in part because the 14th Amendment expressly countenances restricting the right to vote on the basis ...

Where, you ask? They continue: Section 2 of the 14th Amendment provides that if a state denies the franchise to anyone eligible to vote, its allotment of House seats shall be “reduced in the ...

It construed Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment as granting states an “affirmative sanction” to disenfranchise those convicted of criminal offenses,65 and therefore reversed theCalifornia ...

How has the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the 14th Amendment in the past ... despite being born within U.S. territory. In a 6-2 decision, the court held that Wong Kim Ark was a U.S. citizen because of ...

It fails to recognize that the same word covers two distinctly different ideas: 1) complete, political jurisdiction; and 2) partial ... of the first section of the fourteenth amendment, than ...

The lawsuit cites Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 to prevent former Confederate officials and soldiers from regaining power after the 1861-65 American Civil War.

Howard University - the historically Black school here - opens a center today dedicated to the 14th ... Section 3, the insurrection clause. And most law students don't learn about Section 2 ...