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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by pjc50 on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:49AM (#13391144)
You know why voting taxes were ruled unconstitutional, right?
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by zeroer on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:33AM (#13392133)
I don't.
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by tangent128 on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:27PM (#13392598)
They grew out of Jim Crow laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_taxes_in_the_United_State...

(In addition, imagine an interest group instituting a "we'll pay your poll tax for you!" campaign, but only in counties carefully selected for demographics.)

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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by zeroer on Sunday January 15, 2017 @01:47AM (#13402724)
Yea, but the racist origins are not an explanation why poll taxes are inherently unconstitutional. I feel like there's a step missing in the explanation.
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by pjc50 on Sunday January 15, 2017 @07:26AM (#13403705)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the...
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Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out by zeroer on Sunday January 15, 2017 @09:53PM (#13407942)
See, tangent128? This is an example of an explanation.
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