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 ...

Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes and other taxes in federal elections. It was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. The United ...

This discrimination was eventually held illegal by the 24th Amendment, several major Supreme Court cases and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This amendment relates to Congress’ taxing powers.

They also had varying levels of difficulty exercising that right before the 24th Amendment prohibited poll taxes, which were deemed to be discriminatory. A compliment to the Civil Rights Act as part ...