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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 121: A Tale Told By an Idiot, Full of Fire and Fury..
red sox 777 08/11/17 11:04:54 AM #20:	Ashethan posted... Pretty sure that the 14th amendment would prevent them from denying people the right to vote if they don't own land. "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Since this was (properly) applied to same sex marriage, I fail to see how it wouldn't be applied to voting as well. Because precedent and law says that voting is not a privilege or immunity of US citizens, and courts basically never use the privileges and immunities clause anyway. As for the equal protection clause, non-landowners have never been recognized as a protected class. You're right that they could probably shoehorn it in under equal protection if they wanted, but this Supreme Court might not choose to do so. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest! <cite>red sox 777 posted [p:884584250] in Politics C... [t:75658324]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ashethan posted...</cite> <quote>Pretty sure that the 14th amendment would prevent them from denying people the right to vote if they don't own land. "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Since this was (properly) applied to same sex marriage, I fail to see how it wouldn't be applied to voting as well.</quote> Because precedent and law says that voting is not a privilege or immunity of US citizens, and courts basically never use the privileges and immunities clause anyway. As for the equal protection clause, non-landowners have never been recognized as a protected class. You're right that they could probably shoehorn it in under equal protection if they wanted, but this Supreme Court might not choose to do so. --- September 1, 2003; November 4, 2007; September 2, 2013 Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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