| 单词 | grandfather clause |
| 例句 | During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This starts to eerily recall the “grandfather clause,” the origin of which was an attempt in 19th-century America to prevent poor, illiterate African-Americans from voting, while allowing poor, illiterate whites to vote. Are there any truly great American artists? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Let’s leave a grandfather clause for traditionalist long-timers like Jackson and Strait. Where Have All the Cowboy Hats Gone? 2012-10-02T12:00:09Z According to the show’s intro, only seven cabin permits remain under a grandfather clause, entitling the occupants and their immediate descendants to continue living on the refuge. ‘The Last Alaskans’: A reality show with a heart as big as its subject 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Perceived ambiguity over the “vague” grandfather clause has led doctors to stop providing the care, Stewart said. Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Supreme Court struck down what many states were using to keep Black people from voting — the grandfather clause. Daughter of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer honors her mother’s legacy 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z But a grandfather clause allowed already-established stores to continue the practice. New WA law would shut the door on puppy-mill suffering 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Even “grandfather” and “grandfathered” are out because they have “roots in the ‘grandfather clause’ adopted by Southern states to deny voting rights to Blacks.” Ugly American: Stanford University determines ‘American’ is now a ‘harmful’ term 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Arnold Schwarzenegger repealed the so-called grandfather clause on smog checks, which exempted cars older than 30 years. Column: What we lose when California bans gas-powered cars 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Some states introduced a loophole, known as the grandfather clause, to allow less literate white people to vote. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Along with literacy tests, poll taxes and intimidation, the grandfather clause stated that a person could vote only if their grandfather could vote, hence keeping descendants of enslaved people from voting. Daughter of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer honors her mother’s legacy 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z This “grandfather clause” kept most African Americans from voting, because they had not gained the right to vote until 1870. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His opinion opened the door to the kinds of restrictions — poll taxes, literacy tests and grandfather clauses — that Southern states would eventually use to disenfranchise their Black populations. Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Just Doing What the Supreme Court Does 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z It includes a grandfather clause that exempts employees who are already in their positions from the prohibition against wearing religious symbols, but they lose that exemption if they’re promoted or moved to another institution. Reassignment of popular teacher for wearing a hijab in classroom stirs outrage over Quebec law 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z The grandfather clause made such a situation possible. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The law includes a grandfather clause that exempts from the ban employees who already are in their positions. Court rules Quebec can bar government workers from wearing hijabs, turbans, other religious items 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z A “grandfather clause” was added to some state constitutions. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Too early to tell, but I think the concern that I raised about there not being a grandfather clause resonated with many. Asa Hutchinson on Arkansas’s Anti-Trans Law and the G.O.P. Culture Wars 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Obviously Jim Crow — and their laws, such as poll tax, literacy tax, grandfather clauses — was about preserving white power. "The Sum of Us" author on what racism costs white people and the lie of a zero-sum racial hierarchy 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z In the aftermath of the Civil War, southern states enacted literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and other requirements intended to disenfranchise Black voters in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z A grandfather clause would require the tiny federal Election Assistance Commission to certify and issue waivers for scores of thousands of machines, some dating to the 1990s. Democrats Splinter Over Strategy for Pushing Through Voting Rights Bill 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z In the 1950s and 1960s, voting rights campaigns across the South sought to remove the vestiges of a Jim Crow system that suppressed Black voters with literacy tests, grandfather clauses and physical intimidation. How Joe Biden did so well in Georgia 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Soon, with the rise of the Jim Crow era, black Americans’ right to vote would be systematically denied through the use of poll taxes, grandfather clauses, property tests, intimidation and literacy tests. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Even after Northam promised a grandfather clause — banning future sales but allowing people to keep assault weapons they already owned — the uproar swelled. Why Northam’s assault weapons bill never really had a chance in the Virginia Senate 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z It allows for a grandfather clause for those existing employees wearing religious symbols, though they would lose the right to do so should they be promoted, demoted or fired. Montreal teachers vow to ignore 'stupid, wrongheaded' religious symbols ban 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z A grandfather clause allowing existing employees to wear religious symbols, Trumpeted by Jolin-Barrette, will only increase confusion and stigma. Quebec's religious symbol ban targets minorities in the name of secularism | Martin Patriquin 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Before the Voting Rights Act, there were all-white primaries, literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses and violent intimidation. Voter suppression carries slavery's three-fifths clause into the present 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Whether the grandfather clause will pass litigation is another story. Analysis | Rules on short-term vacation rentals can cause the most consternation in condo associations 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z North Carolina’s brand-new poll tax, literacy test and grandfather clause – the forebears of today’s voter ID law, voter purge and felon clause – ensured the defeat of the last black congressman. This is what an antiracist America would look like. How do we get there? 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The bill, however, contains a grandfather clause allowing residents who currently own the weapon to keep it after a 15 June enforcement deadline. US city votes to ban assault-style rifles 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z It was also not immediately clear whether Mr. Trump would recognize the “grandfather clause” arguments favored by Total, the people said. European Companies Rushed to Invest in Iran. What Now? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z That “grandfather clause,” as Hogan called it, allowed the facility to increase the number of transition beds without a public hearing or permission from the city of Gassville. Arkansas rehab facility becomes parolee transitional housing 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z At the same convention, Louisiana adopted literacy tests for voting and one of the South’s first “grandfather clauses,” which exempted white voters whose father or grandfather had previously voted from taking literacy tests. Opinion | These jury systems are vestiges of white supremacy 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Those homeowners would automatically lose the rate protection provided by the program’s grandfather clause. Louisiana editorial roundup 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Bump stocks, high-capacity magazines, and weapons with a multi-burst trigger are not subject to the grandfather clause and must be forfeited. US city votes to ban assault-style rifles 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The same principle informed the “grandfather clauses” of the Jim Crow era, which exempted most white voters from literacy tests and poll taxes designed to disenfranchise black voters. The Man Behind Trump’s Voter Fraud Obsession 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z It was five years after the first “grandfather clause” disenfranchised former slaves by denying the ballot to anyone whose grandfather did not vote. I had forgotten that I am black 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z But it later asked regulators earlier this year to implement the grandfather clause. SolarCity, Berkshire's NV Energy settle Nevada rooftop solar dispute 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z North Carolina’s 1900 constitution had established a literacy test for voters, with a “grandfather clause” that exempted most whites, and many of its counties had low voter participation. A Voting-Rights Victory in North Carolina 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “There is no grandfather clause that permits states to enforce punishments the Constitution forbids.” Supreme Court: Life sentences on juveniles open for later reviews 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The board also accepted a request from former Sen. Nina Turner, a Democrat on the panel, to scrap the ballot’s use of the phrase “grandfather clause” to ensure a gender-neutral description. Ohio board adjusts ballot wording of pot legalization plan 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z While the deal contains a grandfather clause protecting investments made before any complaints of violations, there is much uncertainty about how it would work in practice. After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z A grandfather clause allows students currently claiming a personal belief exemption to maintain it until their next vaccine checkpoint. Experts: California vaccine bill could prevent outbreaks 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The Patriot Act laws could still be used by law enforcement thanks to so-called “grandfather clauses”. NSA Patriot Act Surveillance Powers Temporarily Suspended 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Scalia retorted: “There most certainly is a grandfather clause — one we have called finality — which says that the Constitution does not require states to revise punishments that were lawful when they were imposed.” Supreme Court: Life sentences on juveniles open for later reviews 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Authorities could try to argue that older legal provisions - so-called grandfather clauses - still apply. US surveillance powers expire as Senate deal fails - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z All three of the expired laws contained a so-called grandfather clause that permits their authority to continue indefinitely for any investigation that had begun before June 1. A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z “We will not use the grandfather clause in the Patriot Act to continue the bulk metadata collection program; it would not be tenable for us to do so,” the senior official said. Obama Weighs Strategy as Data Laws Run Out 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z However, a grandfather clause allows musicians to travel with the instruments if they can prove among other things that their instruments were made before 1974, when the treaty went into effect. Musicians worry about instruments on trip back from Cuba 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Whites were generally exempted from taking these state-mandated quizzes – note, for example, the origin of the phrase “grandfather clause.” Literacy tests were outlawed for a reason 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z In its analysis, the Fed added that Goldman had asked the Fed to determine if the grandfather clause permitted the activities to continue. For Goldman, Government Gift From 2008 Crisis Keeps Giving 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z A senior intelligence official recently told The New York Times that the administration was open to invoking the grandfather clause to get the records if a need arose during any lapse. A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The administration is holding to its decision not to invoke the grandfather clause to keep collecting bulk phone records past next Monday, the official said. Obama Weighs Strategy as Data Laws Run Out 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Third, some contracts allow Ingersoll-Rand to bid on new projects under what spokeswoman Zelent calls a “grandfather clause,” without running afoul of the law. Fat Federal Contracts for Tax-Evading U.S. Companies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Specifically, he said, the grandfather clause provided back then ought to be replaced with a sunset provision that would end the practice once and for all. Newspaper review: Pay raises boost public payrolls 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Canterbury is asking the board to adopt a grandfather clause for existing clubs. Strip club owner bemoans Buffalo County ordinance 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Neither invoking the grandfather clause nor using a grand jury subpoena would be likely to work in that case. A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The merchant clause also arises from Gramm-Leach-Bliley, which contained the grandfather clause. Insight: Wall Street uses 'merchant' workaround to cling to commodity assets 2013-11-19T06:20:13Z Or maybe he is angling for a grandfather clause like the one that allowed Burleigh Grimes to keep throwing legal spitballs even after baseball banned the pitch in 1920. Finchem And 'The Greater Good' 2013-02-26T05:00:00Z But the idea of changing the rules — with a grandfather clause for officers now living beyond the city limits — has been occasionally kicked around. N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Differ on Residency Rule for Police 2013-01-16T04:49:11Z The state’s District Attorneys Association sent a letter to the governor and legislative leaders on Tuesday calling for, among other things, the elimination of a grandfather clause that allows some high-capacity magazines. Cuomo to Propose More Expansive Ban on Assault Weapons 2013-01-08T23:50:49Z In theory, the Obama administration could also invoke the grandfather clause to ask the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to reauthorize the bulk phone records program as well. A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Novartis says the outcome of the new case will not affect the availability of generic versions of Glivec because it is covered by a grandfather clause in India's patent law. Indian court to rule on generic drug industry 2013-01-04T12:46:12Z Due to a grandfather clause, however, it did not touch banned guns and accessories that were already in circulation. Is this an assault weapon? 2012-12-17T16:40:00Z Their immediate impact would be reduced by a so-called "grandfather clause" exempting existing contracts until they expire. Michigan unions to protest "right-to-work" measures this week 2012-12-09T11:12:03Z Now this all-you-can-eat buffet has been unceremoniously rescinded for these devices, with not even a grandfather clause to soothe possible outraged feelings. Waiting for the Sprint Customer Hate 2011-10-25T00:34:33Z The next day, Sagmoen switched to No. 37, even though technically he could have kept it under the grandfather clause. It's Jackie Robinson Day: All players wear No. 42 today, thanks to Ken Griffey Jr. 2011-04-15T17:13:07Z It issued guidelines allowing principals hired as part of local improvement efforts within the last two years to stay on, then interpreted that grandfather clause to mean three years. U.S. Plan to Replace Principals Hits a Snag: Who Will Step In? 2011-02-08T01:50:42Z The "grandfather clause," as this was immediately called, saved the poor whites, and was imitated by North Carolina, Alabama, Virginia, and Georgia. The New Nation The grandfather clause in the different state constitutions will serve as a check to the white man's progress along educational lines, but a spur to urge us on. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro The principal devices employed to prevent voting by Negroes have been grandfather clauses, educational qualifications, registration requirements and restrictions on membership in a political party. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Only one of the several schemes employed, namely, the "grandfather clause," was held to be a violation of the federal Constitution. History of the United States Within a decade the negro vote was uncast or uncounted, and the grandfather clauses soon completed the political mastery of the former slave owner. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making A moderate estimate of these immigrants from the country and of those who under the grandfather clause claim to be unhyphenated Americans, members or non-members of our churches, is 40,000. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems An attempt was made permanently to disfranchise the illiterate negro by the "grandfather clause," while allowing illiterate white voters to vote forever. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution In 1898 Louisiana passed an amendment inventing the so-called "grandfather clause." A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia This restriction has been explained as coming down from "the grandfather clause" inserted in early legislation. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 The device finally hit upon for disfranchising the colored people in this particular state was the notorious "grandfather clause." The Marrow of Tradition United States, that the "grandfather clause" in the constitutions of both Maryland and Oklahoma was null and void because it contradicted the Fifteenth Amendment. The Black Experience in America Louisiana went a step further in 1898 and introduced the famous "grandfather clause" into her constitution. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution To set up an educational test with a "grandfather clause," making the test apply for a certain time to the blacks only, seems to an outsider unnecessary, arbitrary, and unjust. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue In still other cases a "grandfather clause" in the state constitution exempts from the educational test all who are descendants of persons voting before the Civil War. Problems in American Democracy But the writer does not believe in the principle nor in the necessity for a "grandfather clause." Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue The "grandfather clause" prohibited those whose ancestors had not voted from exercising the franchise. The Black Experience in America |
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