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Rehnquists active involvement in these efforts. Mr. Rehnquist was also involved in the administration of literacy tests to black and MexicanAmerican voters in Arizona. Tests requiring black voters to read or recite parts of the U.S. Constitution were given in Arizona after the passage by Congress of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibiting the giving of oral literacy tests unless such tests are allowed by special exemption given by the Attorney General of the United States. Although Mr. Rehnquists role in the administration of these tests is not clear. any degree of involvement in violation of Fedral law should serve as a disqualification of a nominee for the Supreme Court.