Thomas Johnson v. Governor of the State of FL

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• recognizing that the Gingles factors apply to vote-denial cases
• recognizing that the Gingles factors apply to vote-denial cases
• explaining that a “subsequent legislative re-enactment can [potentially] eliminate the taint from a law that was originally enacted with discriminatory intent” (citing Hunter, 471 U.S. at 233)
• characterizing a change in the statute as substantive because in narrowed the class of persons who could be disenfranchised and re-enfranchised some persons who previously were disenfranchised
• applying the Hunter Court's two-step test in reviewing a summary judgment ruling
• applying the Hunter test to a Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim

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