Under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution Voting is a Right Not a "Racial Entitlement"

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Under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution No U.S. Citizen Will Be Stopped from Voting Because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It is a RIGHT not a "Racial Entitlement"

Chris Matthews cites how ridiculous it was for Supreme Court Justice Scalia to call the Voting Rights Act a racial entitlement. 

Under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, 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." That amendment was ratified in 1870 under the administration of President Grant, one of my heroes.

Mr. Matthews goes on to list some of the ways that states have tried to suppress the right to vote for non-whites. He closes by reminding Justice Scalia that the right to vote is indeed a right and not a benefit, like Food Stamps or Medicare.