The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United States Supreme Court later expanded the reach of the ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 24th Amendment abolished ...

The SAVE Act, an unnecessary proposal that would force Americans to present proof of citizenship to vote, burdens the disabled, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and the ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

I just read an interesting, snarky, and probably not super well-informed post on Wonkette about a case facing the Supreme Court involving an Indiana law that requires voters to produce a photo ID at ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – By 1964, African Americans had had the right to vote for 95 years. They also had varying levels of difficulty exercising that right before the 24th Amendment prohibited poll ...

The 24th Amendment was ratified on this date in 1964, making poll taxes illegal in federal elections. Poll taxes were one way that the states of the former Confederacy circumvented the 15th Amendment.

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes ...

South Dakota last week became the 38th state to ratify the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, thereby making it the law of the land. The operative clause of the new amendment: “The right of ...