I heard an interesting argument the other day. Many states have laws that prohibit people in prison from voting. And the percentage of African Americans in prison is much higher than the percentage of Caucasians in prison. The argument was that denying prisoners voting rights constituted a form of Jim Crow laws and should be outlawed under the 14th amendment.
I find this interesting, because there is some truth in the argument that this does disproportionately impact one racial group in terms of voting. That said, there are two solid arguments against this position, one legal, and one theoretical.
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