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SCOTUS Ends Trump’s Bid to Freeze California Ballots, a Judge Blocks Federal Noncitizen-Voter Lists & Why Refund-Heavy Tax Preparers Shouldn’t Be Red Flags
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This Day in Legal History: Elk v. Wilkins
On November 3, 1884, the Supreme Court decided Elk v. Wilkins. John Elk was a Native American man, born on tribal land, who had left his tribe, moved to Omaha, and lived among the city’s residents. In 1880, he tried to register to vote. The registrar, Charles Wilkins, refused, on the ground that Elk wasn’t a citizen. Elk sued, relying on the Fourteenth…