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The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn’t forget. They intentionally left it out. By Morgan Marietta, The Conversation — If you’re looking for the…
The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn’t forget. They intentionally left it out. By Morgan Marietta, The Conversation — If you’re looking for the…
Jackson used “originalism” against the right’s “race-neutral” voting theory in oral arguments on “Merrill v. Milligan.” By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout — During the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan, a case that…
The black codes effectively continued enslavement for African Americans by restricting their rights and exploiting their labor. By Nadra Kareem Nittle — When slavery ended in the United States, freedom…