Legal Opinion
LEGAL SERVICES FOR PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN v. Bowen
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 22, 2009No. A120220PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHMAN, J. —
Little-known section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution allows states, without offending equal protection, to disenfranchise citizens “for participation in rebellion or other crime.” Petitioners here seek a writ of mandate, claiming that the disenfranchisement allowed by the section is limited to felonies at common law. We conclude that there is no historical evidence supporting the claim. And the United States Supreme Court in interpreting the Constitution has never read the word “crime” as petitioners contend. We thus deny the writ.
BACKGROUND
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
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