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abridge
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The Constitution of the United States
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- Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.†
Chpt 2.abridging = shortening; or reducing in scope while retaining essential elements
- No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.†
Chpt 3.abridge = shorten; or reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.†
Chpt 3.abridged = shortened; or reduced in scope while retaining essential elements
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude— Section 2.†
Chpt 3.
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.†
Chpt 3. *
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.†
Chpt 3.
- The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.†
Chpt 3.
Definitions:
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(1)
(abridge) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements -- especially to a book
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)