Guinn v. United States: Supreme Court Strikes Down Grandfather Clauses as Fifteenth Amendment Violation
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Oklahoma’s grandfather clause in Guinn v. United States, marking the first time the Court invalidated a state voting restriction as a Fifteenth Amendment violation since Reconstruction. Chief Justice Edward White, himself a former Confederate soldier …
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