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Kentucky is admitted as a new state, giving the vote to free men regardless of color or property ownership, although the vote would shortly be taken away from free Black people. [5] Delaware removes property ownership as requirement to vote, but continues to require that voters pay taxes. [3] 1798. Georgia removes tax requirement for voting. [3]
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Griswold, the Colorado Supreme Court declares that Trump is ineligible from appearing on the state primary ballot, becoming the first time that a presidential candidate has been disqualified based on the Fourteenth Amendment. The court immediately issues a stay on its ruling pending appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. [194] December 28:
The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday, hearing arguments for the first time after a summer break and with The post Affirmative action, voting rights headline Supreme Court’s cases for new ...
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest ranking judicial body in the United States.Established by Article III of the Constitution, the Court was organized by the 1st United States Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789, which specified its original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the size of the Supreme Court at six, with one chief justice ...
Democrats held a 6-1 edge going into the 2020 election and lost three state Supreme Court races, reducing their advantage to 4-3. In 2022, Republicans won both races to gain their 5-2 majority.
On April 6, 2017, when considering the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, in a party-line vote the Republican Senate majority invoked the so-called "nuclear option", voting to reinterpret Senate Rule XXII and change the cloture vote threshold for Supreme Court nominations to a simple majority of senators present and voting.