b) Claim recites elements/steps in addition to the judicial exception(s) that impose meaningful limits on claim scope, i.e., the elements/steps narrow the scope of the claim so that others are not substantially foreclosed from using the judicial exception(s).
Black Americans got the right to vote when the Republicans passed the 15th Amendment. It was ratified on February 3, 1870 and was the 3rd of the Reconstruction amendments. Many uninformed people think the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that was filibustered by the Democrats, gave blacks the right to vote.
The right for women to vote was ensured by the 15th Amendment in 1920. <br /><br /><b>Fifteenth Amendment:</b> 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 sex..