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Quick: how is the President of the Senate selected? It's a trick question. It's the Vice President, who is elected by the people (a)... but not for the role of

Quick: how is the President of the Senate selected? It's a trick question. It's the Vice President, who is elected by the people (a)... but not for the role of president of the senate. But it could also be the President pro tempoire, who is elected by the senate (b). Also the first question presupposes we all go to church. What about synagogues or temples? Question #5 is entirely discretionary depending on the context of what power you are discussing. And that's the point: these literacy tests were filled with questions like these that let the test giver choose the right answer based on whether they wanted the test taker to pass.

tptacek 2y ago
Yes. Which is why, even in the 1960s, even in Louisiana, state courts struck these tests down. I agree with you about them. The only disputed fact here is whether the "write backwards forwards" test was ever administered.
- dragonwriter 2y ago
  > Yes. Which is why, even in the 1960s, even in Louisiana, state courts struck these tests down. I'm pretty sure the reason why, "even in the 1960s, even in Louisiana", state courts struck the tests down is that such tests categorically were ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1949, not because of the particular unfairness of particular tests as viewed by the state courts in the 1960s.
pie_flavor 2y ago
Fortunately, you only had to answer 4 of 6 correctly. https://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf https://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf
eadmund 2y ago
> It's the Vice President, who is elected by the people No he’s not: the Vice President is elected by the Electoral College, or if they do not do so then by the Senate (see the Twelfth Amendment). Neither is the President elected by the people: he’s also elected by the Electoral College, or if they fail to do so then by the House of Representatives, voting by state.

tptacek 2y ago

Yes. Which is why, even in the 1960s, even in Louisiana, state courts struck these tests down. I agree with you about them. The only disputed fact here is whether the "write backwards forwards" test was ever administered.

dragonwriter 2y ago
> Yes. Which is why, even in the 1960s, even in Louisiana, state courts struck these tests down. I'm pretty sure the reason why, "even in the 1960s, even in Louisiana", state courts struck the tests down is that such tests categorically were ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1949, not because of the particular unfairness of particular tests as viewed by the state courts in the 1960s.

pie_flavor 2y ago

Fortunately, you only had to answer 4 of 6 correctly. https://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf https://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest2.pdf

eadmund 2y ago

> It's the Vice President, who is elected by the people No he’s not: the Vice President is elected by the Electoral College, or if they do not do so then by the Senate (see the Twelfth Amendment). Neither is the President elected by the people: he’s also elected by the Electoral College, or if they fail to do so then by the House of Representatives, voting by state.