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The practical result has been that the wise provisions of the 14th amendment have been modified by the 15th amendment.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The practical result has been that the wise provisions of the 14th amendment have been modified by the 15th amendment.”
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Sherman discusses how the 14th amendment's provisions have been undermined by the subsequent 15th amendment.
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