The Nineteenth Amendment as a Generative Tool for Defeating LGBT Religious Exemptions
By Kyle C. Velte. Full Text. In the summer of 1920, women gained the right to be free from discrimination in voting when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. One hundred years later, in the summer of 2020, LGBT people gained the right to be free from discrimination in the workplace when the U.S. Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingReclaiming the Long History of the “Irrelevant” Nineteenth Amendment for Gender Equality
By Tracy Thomas. Full Text. The Nineteenth Amendment has been called an “irrelevant” amendment. The women’s suffrage amendment has been deemed insignificant as a constitutional authority, reduced to a historical footnote. In the Supreme Court canon, it has been diminished as a text that “merely gives the vote to women.” With the accomplishment of that…
Continue ReadingVoting is a Universal Language: Ensuring the Franchise for the Growing Language Minority Community in Minnesota
By Terry Ao Minnis. Full Text. Minnesota has long held a reputation for being proactively pro-democratic and on the cutting edge of breaking down barriers to the ballot box and making voting more accessible. At the same time, no matter how well a state is doing, its election administration can always be improved. Addressing a…
Continue ReadingGlass Ceilings, Glass Walls: Intersections in Legal Gender Equality and Voting Rights One Hundred Years After the Nineteenth Amendment
Symposium Foreword by Jessica Szuminski. Full Text. The Nineteenth Amendment was a milestone for women’s rights but has often been criticized for being passed at the expense of people of color. Though a significant milestone, the Nineteenth Amendment was certainly not an endpoint for equality for women and in voting rights. In the one hundred…
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