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  • 11Voting Rights Act — n. A federal law passed in 1965 that guarantees all citizens the right to vote without discrimination by forbidding districts to require people to meet conditions such as literacy tests or educational requirements. The Essential Law Dictionary.… …

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  • 12Abridged — Abridge A*bridge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abr[ e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See {Brief} and cf. {Abbreviate}.] 1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to… …

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  • 13Abridging — Abridge A*bridge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abridging}.] [OE. abregen, OF. abregier, F. abr[ e]ger, fr. L. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. See {Brief} and cf. {Abbreviate}.] 1. To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to… …

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  • 14Henry B. Brown and John M. Harlan: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) — ▪ Primary Source       By 1896 segregation in railway cars was in effect in all Southern states. In an effort to test the constitutionality of Louisiana s segregation laws, Homer A. Plessy, who was only one eighth African American and could… …

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  • 15Second Amendment to the United States Constitution — The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the pre existing individual right to possess and carry weapons (i.e. keep and bear arms ) in case of confrontation.… …

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  • 16Hugo Black — Infobox Judge name = Hugo Black imagesize = caption = office = Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court termstart = August 19, 1937 termend = September 18, 1971 nominator = Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointer = predecessor = Willis… …

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  • 17Restoring the Lost Constitution — Infobox Book name = Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty title orig = translator = image caption = 2004 Cover author = Randy Barnett illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = subject …

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  • 18Loughton — infobox UK place country = England official name= Loughton civil parish= Loughton latitude= 51.6494 longitude= 0.0735 population = 30,340 shire district= Epping Forest shire county = Essex region= East of England post town= LOUGHTON postcode area …

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  • 19Gun laws in the United States (by state) — U.S. Firearms Legal Topics Assault weapons ban ATF Bureau Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act Concealed carry in the U.S. Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban …

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  • 20Basic structure — The basic structure doctrine is the judge made principle that certain features of the Constitution of India are beyond the limit of the powers of amendment of the Indian parliament[1]. The doctrine, which was first expressed by the Indian Supreme …

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