abridgment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 380 U.S. 528 - Harman v. Forssenius · 1965Most cited · 1,403 citing opinions
Twenty-fourth Amendment
the Twenty-fourth Amendment does not merely insure that the franchise shall not be 'denied' by reason of failure to pay the poll tax; it expressly guarantees that the right to vote shall not be 'denied or abridged' for that reason. Thus, like the Fifteenth Amendment, the Twenty-fourth 'nullifies sophisticated as well as simple-minded modes' of impairing the right guaranteed. 'It hits onerous procedural requirements which effectively handicap exercise of the franchise by those claiming the constitutional immunity.
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