Is the Voting Rights Act of 1965 constitutional? (user search)
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« on: October 30, 2010, 03:15:51 AM »
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I'd lean towards yes, under the 15th Amendment, but it certainly would have been unconstitutional in 1789.

So was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 therefore unconstitutional?

There were doubts until the adoption of the 14th amendment.  With the 14th's adoption, however, those doubts were removed.
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