Question

resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the uni states of america in congress assembled ... that the following article be proposed ..., which, when ratified by three fourths of said legislatures, shall be valid as part of the constitution, namely: article xv. section 1. the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude— section 2. the congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. and, further, ... that the amendment to the constitution... has been ratified by the legislatures of ...all ...states. passage 2 excerpt from united states supreme court decision in smith v. allwright (1943) lonnie e. smith, an african american from texas, sued to overturn a 1923 state law declaring that only white citizens could vote in texas’s democratic party primary elections. lower courts had ruled that political parties were private organizations and could make their own rules. the supreme court’s landmark decision held that texas’s all - white democratic party primaries were unconstitutional. the united states is a constitutional democracy. its organic law grants to all citizens a right to participate in the choice of elected officials without restriction by any state because of race. this grant to the people of the opportunity for choice is not to be nullified by a state through casting its electoral process in a form which permits a private organization to practice racial discrimination in the election. constitutional rights would be of little value if they could be thus indirectly denied. select the correct answer from the drop - down menus. read the excerpts. then choose the correct way to complete the sentence. the supreme court decision “the united states is a consti the fifteenth amendment by stating that ocracy.” (drop - down options: muddies, clarifies, reverses) reset next

Explanation:

The problem involves analyzing a Supreme Court decision (Smith v. Allwright) and its relation to the Fifteenth Amendment, focusing on how the decision impacts the amendment's application. The Fifteenth Amendment aims to protect voting rights regardless of race, but the Texas Democratic Party's all - white primary (a private organization's rule) was challenged. The Supreme Court's decision here clarifies the scope of the Fifteenth Amendment: while the state can't abridge voting rights by race, private organizations' racial discrimination in elections (like the all - white primary) was ruled unconstitutional, thus clarifying that the amendment's protections extend to situations where private organizations' actions could indirectly deny constitutional voting rights. "Reverses" is incorrect as the decision didn't reverse the amendment. "Muddies" is wrong as it clarified the amendment's application.

Answer:

clarifies