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Originally Posted by exceltoexcel
This is totally correct except "possibly" for the fair and equal clause..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_v._Sims
SCOTUS!!!
See Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 561–62 (1964) (" Undoubtedly, the right of suffrage is a fundamental matter in a free and democratic society."); Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356, 370 (1886) ("[Voting] is regarded as a fundamental political right, because preservative of all rights."). |
We are not a democratic society; we are a constitutionally representative republic. Fair and equal clause does not apply; it is still the state's discretion. The government schools can teach it all they want, but there is no right to vote granted or guaranteed by the constitution. There are only the removal of certain limits.