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if new hampshire passed a law requiring literacy tests to be taken before a person could vote, what will likely happen if the issue before the supreme court?
the law will succeed because it’s a third tier issue, only 33% of the time these laws fail.
the law will pass because it’s a question of the pursuit of happiness.
the regulation will likely succeed even though the regulation violates equal protection.
the law will probably fail because it’s an equal protection question violating the 14th amendment.
Voting literacy tests have been repeatedly struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as violations of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, as they were historically used to disenfranchise marginalized groups. Such laws trigger strict scrutiny under equal protection, making them highly likely to be invalidated.
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the law will probably fail because it's an equal protection question violating the 14th Amendment.