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The Fifteenth Amendment Goes to Guam
Document Type
Blog Posting
Language
English (en)
Publication Date
2020
Publication Title
Election Law Blog
Abstract
The Supreme Court denied cert in Guam v. Davis. The question presented was whether the Fifteenth Amendment permits Guam to limit the right to vote in a plebiscite to “native inhabitants of Guam.” The Ninth Circuit invalidated this suffrage restriction on Fifteenth Amendment grounds. Although Davis is a rare case raising a Fifteenth Amendment claim, the Court properly denied cert because the decision below was correctly decided and in accordance with Supreme Court precedent. In this post, I’ll unpack the Davis decision and explain its relevance to Fifteenth Amendment jurisprudence.
Keywords
Guam v. Davis, Fifteenth Amendment, Constitutional Law, Voting Rights, Election Law
Publication Citation
Travis Crum, The Fifteenth Amendment Goes to Guam, Election Law Blog (May 4, 2020), https://electionlawblog.org/?p=111157
Repository Citation
Crum, Travis, "The Fifteenth Amendment Goes to Guam" (2020). Scholarship@WashULaw. 699.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/699