It included provisions to protect men's right to vote while abridging the rights of former Confederates. A judge ruled it unconstitutional to enforce a law protecting voters based on race or national origin.The Fifth Amendment, however, applies only against the federal government. New York, like twentythree other states, has made clear that receiving services for a mental disability is not itself a basis. Early voting started Oct. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection ban. In the wake of the 15th Amendment and Reconstruction, several southern states enacted laws that limited Black Americans' access to voting. Legal arguments in defense of and opposition to the move are swirling around Maine's political circles. Alan Price: Good afternoon, I'm Alan Price, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. States offer multiple paths for amending their constitutions, which are much easier to change than the federal Constitution.