1. What does the "original Constitution" (Articles 1-7 only, no amendments) say about voting rights?
-The constitution left voting to the states and did not treat voting as an inalienable right
2. What does Lichtman mean when he says voting amendments are in "negative terms"?
-the constitution defines what the states can NOT do rather than guaranteeing rights; this means that voting and many other rights are in a fragile state
3. Why does he think that the Framers left the right to vote guarantee out of the Constitution?
-they wanted voting to be restricted to the educated so they did little to guarantee it to everybody
4. Why does he say that we are now in a "period of backsliding" when it comes to voting rights?
-voting rights are slowly being obscured and obstructed with id laws and other restrictions that "lessen fraud"
5. What forms of voter suppression does he mention?
-id laws
-registration purges
-gerrymandering
-felony disenfranchisement
6. Why is it difficult to overturn laws that suppress voting rights?
-judges are tending to be conservative and theyll let the states do what they want
7. Where does he expect to see the biggest changes in the protections of voting rights to come from?
--the future of protecting states rights will have to be in states' courts instead of federal
8. What was strange about the way votes in Florida were counted in the 2000 elections?
-1/10 of black votes was not counted
-1/50 white votes was not counted
-this would have made Al Gore
-real sus
9. How many states added photo ID laws for voters after Barack Obama's election in 2008?
-15 states have adopted voter ID laws since 2008
10. What kinds of policies does Lichtman suggest that the US needs?
-anti-gerrymandering referendums
-same-day registration so more people can vote
-automatic registration so more people are able to vote
-public outcry
-The constitution left voting to the states and did not treat voting as an inalienable right
-the constitution defines what the states can NOT do rather than guaranteeing rights; this means that voting and many other rights are in a fragile state
3. Why does he think that the Framers left the right to vote guarantee out of the Constitution?
-they wanted voting to be restricted to the educated so they did little to guarantee it to everybody
4. Why does he say that we are now in a "period of backsliding" when it comes to voting rights?
-voting rights are slowly being obscured and obstructed with id laws and other restrictions that "lessen fraud"
5. What forms of voter suppression does he mention?
-id laws
-registration purges
-gerrymandering
-felony disenfranchisement
6. Why is it difficult to overturn laws that suppress voting rights?
-judges are tending to be conservative and theyll let the states do what they want
7. Where does he expect to see the biggest changes in the protections of voting rights to come from?
--the future of protecting states rights will have to be in states' courts instead of federal
8. What was strange about the way votes in Florida were counted in the 2000 elections?
-1/10 of black votes was not counted
-1/50 white votes was not counted
-this would have made Al Gore
-real sus
9. How many states added photo ID laws for voters after Barack Obama's election in 2008?
-15 states have adopted voter ID laws since 2008
10. What kinds of policies does Lichtman suggest that the US needs?
-anti-gerrymandering referendums
-same-day registration so more people can vote
-automatic registration so more people are able to vote
-public outcry
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