{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Indivisible Justice For All","home_page_url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com","description":"Indivisible Justice For All","author":{"name":"Indivisible Justice For All"},"items":[{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/president-ford-signs-vra-extension-of-1975","html_content":"

\"President Gerald R. Ford approves a seven year extension of the Voting Rights Act, which broadens voting protection especially for Mexican Americans, Asians, and Indians. The reauthorization contains new provisions to p...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/president-ford-signs-vra-extension-of-1975","title":"President Ford Signs VRA Extension of 1975 ","summary":"\"President Gerald R. Ford approves a seven year extension of the Voting Rights Act, which broadens voting protection especially for Mexican Americans, Asians, and Indians. The reauthorization contains new provisions to p...","date_modified":"2022-09-03T00:14:45Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1965-voting-rights-act-vra","html_content":"

\"Originally, legislators hoped that within five years of its passage, the issues surrounding the 1965 Voting Rights Act would be resolved and there would be no further need for its enforcement-related provisions.

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1965-voting-rights-act-vra","title":"1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) NAACP Prospective","summary":"\"Originally, legislators hoped that within five years of its passage, the issues surrounding the 1965 Voting Rights Act would be resolved and there would be no further need for its enforcement-related provisions. ","date_modified":"2022-09-02T23:48:05Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/2021-lawsuit-ends-religious-test-to-register-to-vote","html_content":"

\"The Freedom From Religion Foundation has attained a huge constitutional victory for secular voters in Alabama.

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/2021-lawsuit-ends-religious-test-to-register-to-vote","title":"2021: Lawsuit Ends Religious Test to Register To Vote ","summary":"\"The Freedom From Religion Foundation has attained a huge constitutional victory for secular voters in Alabama.","date_modified":"2022-08-23T23:44:22Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/a-history-of-voter-suppression","html_content":"

\"...LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE CODIFIED IN THE JUNE 2013 CASE OF SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER, IN WHICH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT GUTTED THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THIS DECISION NO LONGER REQUIRED STATES AND LOCALITI...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/a-history-of-voter-suppression","title":"A History of Voter Suppression","summary":"\"...LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO VOTE WERE CODIFIED IN THE JUNE 2013 CASE OF SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER, IN WHICH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT GUTTED THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THIS DECISION NO LONGER REQUIRED STATES AND LOCALITI...","date_modified":"2022-08-23T23:36:12Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/2013-supreme-court-chips-away-at-the-voting-rights-act","html_content":"

\"The Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act for 9 years.\"

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/2013-supreme-court-chips-away-at-the-voting-rights-act","title":"2013 Supreme Court Chips Away at the Voting Rights Act","summary":"\"The Supreme Court has chipped away at the Voting Rights Act for 9 years.\" ","date_modified":"2022-08-23T23:33:04Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1970-voting-age-lowered-to-18-years-old","html_content":"

Twenty-Sixth Amendment, Section 1: \"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.\"

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1970-voting-age-lowered-to-18-years-old","title":"1970: Voting Age Lowered to 18 years old","summary":" Twenty-Sixth Amendment, Section 1: \"The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.\"","date_modified":"2022-08-23T23:22:26Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1965-voting-rights-act","html_content":"

1965: Congress passes the historic Voting Rights Act, removing discriminatory barriers that kept many people of color from voting.

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1965-voting-rights-act","title":"1965 Voting Rights Act","summary":"1965: Congress passes the historic Voting Rights Act, removing discriminatory barriers that kept many people of color from voting.","date_modified":"2022-08-23T21:57:38Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1961-the-23rd-amendment-regarding-dictrict-of-columbia","html_content":"

\"On many DC license plates you'll see the phrase \"taxation without representation\" — and it's because residents of the District of Columbia paid taxes, but couldn't vote in presidential elections until the early 1960s.

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1961-the-23rd-amendment-regarding-dictrict-of-columbia","title":"1961: The 23rd Amendment regarding Dictrict of Columbia ","summary":"\"On many DC license plates you'll see the phrase \"taxation without representation\" — and it's because residents of the District of Columbia paid taxes, but couldn't vote in presidential elections until the early 1960s.","date_modified":"2022-08-23T21:53:53Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1952-the-mccarran-walter-act-grants-all-asian-americans-the-vote","html_content":"

\"This attempt to reform immigration laws responded to long-standing criticisms that they crippled U.S. international relations.  However, the McCarran-Walter Act retained the national origins quotas as the core principle...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1952-the-mccarran-walter-act-grants-all-asian-americans-the-vote","title":"1952: The McCarran-Walter Act grants all Asian Americans the vote","summary":"\"This attempt to reform immigration laws responded to long-standing criticisms that they crippled U.S. international relations.  However, the McCarran-Walter Act retained the national origins quotas as the core principle...","date_modified":"2022-08-23T21:41:16Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1924-indian-citizenship-act","html_content":"

\"On June 2, 1924, Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The right to vote, however, was governed by state law; until 1957, some states barred Nati...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1924-indian-citizenship-act","title":"1924 Indian Citizenship Act","summary":"\"On June 2, 1924, Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The right to vote, however, was governed by state law; until 1957, some states barred Nati...","date_modified":"2022-08-23T21:24:23Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1920-the-19th-amendment-grants-suffrage-to-women","html_content":"

but not all Native American and Asian women have citizenship.\" Picture credits: 1907 women's suffrage protest by FJ Mortimer/Stringer/Getty Images https://www.businessinsider.com/when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-america...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1920-the-19th-amendment-grants-suffrage-to-women","title":"\"1920: The 19th Amendment grants suffrage to women, ","summary":"but not all Native American and Asian women have citizenship.\" Picture credits: 1907 women's suffrage protest by FJ Mortimer/Stringer/Getty Images https://www.businessinsider.com/when-women-got-the-right-to-vote-america...","date_modified":"2022-08-23T21:14:31Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1870---15th-amendment-voting-rights-all-citizens-regardless-of","html_content":"

\"To former abolitionists and to the Radical Republicans in Congress who fashioned Reconstruction after the Civil War, the 15th Amendment, enacted in 1870, appeared to signify the fulfillment of all promises to African Am...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1870---15th-amendment-voting-rights-all-citizens-regardless-of","title":"1870 - 15th Amendment To Voting Rights ","summary":"\"To former abolitionists and to the Radical Republicans in Congress who fashioned Reconstruction after the Civil War, the 15th Amendment, enacted in 1870, appeared to signify the fulfillment of all promises to African Am...","date_modified":"2022-08-23T21:11:31Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1868---14th-amendment-grants-voting-rights-to-black-male-citizens","html_content":"

\"The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) granted African Americans the rights of citizenship. However, this did not always translate into the ability to vote. Black voters were systematically turned away from...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1868---14th-amendment-grants-voting-rights-to-black-male-citizens","title":"1868 - 14th Amendment Grants Citizenship To African Americans","summary":"\"The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) granted African Americans the rights of citizenship. However, this did not always translate into the ability to vote. Black voters were systematically turned away from...","date_modified":"2022-07-15T23:21:30Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1860---most-white-male-citizens-had-voting-rights","html_content":"

\"President Andrew Jackson, champion of frontiersmen, helped advance the political rights of those who did not own property. By about 1860, most white men without property were enfranchised. But African Americans, women, ...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/1860---most-white-male-citizens-had-voting-rights","title":"1860 - Most White Male Citizens Had Voting Rights >21 years old","summary":"\"President Andrew Jackson, champion of frontiersmen, helped advance the political rights of those who did not own property. By about 1860, most white men without property were enfranchised. But African Americans, women, ...","date_modified":"2022-07-15T23:12:26Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/key-to-american-democracy","html_content":"

\"The right to vote has long been considered one of the cherished freedoms key to American democracy. But voting rights in general were very limited in the Founders’ time and have changed greatly since then.

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/key-to-american-democracy","title":"1789 - White Male LANDOWNERS Allowed To Vote In 1st Election","summary":" \"The right to vote has long been considered one of the cherished freedoms key to American democracy. But voting rights in general were very limited in the Founders’ time and have changed greatly since then. ","date_modified":"2022-07-15T21:43:52Z"},{"id":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/brief-history-of-voting-rights-in-america","html_content":"

The childrens' book EQUALITY'S CALL was something I found for our youngest Grandson. I think he loves the pictures but I love the way the author (Deborah Diesen) has woven the factual story of how many of us, obtained o...

","url":"https://americanbillionaireproblem.com/voting-rights/f/brief-history-of-voting-rights-in-america","title":"\"A Right Isn't Right Till It's Granted To All\"","summary":"The childrens' book EQUALITY'S CALL was something I found for our youngest Grandson. I think he loves the pictures but I love the way the author (Deborah Diesen) has woven the factual story of how many of us, obtained o...","date_modified":"2022-07-14T21:49:11Z"}]}