▁and ▁vot er ▁registration ▁and ▁turn out ▁clim bed ▁dram atically ▁in ▁Southern ▁states . ▁ ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁its ▁orig ins , ▁today ▁the ▁term ▁grand father ▁clause ▁does ▁not ▁retain ▁any ▁pe jor ative ▁sense ▁when ▁used ▁in ▁un related ▁context s . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁rather ▁different , ▁older ▁type ▁of ▁grand father ▁clause , ▁perhaps ▁more ▁properly ▁a ▁grand father ▁principle ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁government ▁bl ots ▁out ▁transactions ▁of ▁the ▁recent ▁past , ▁usually ▁those ▁of ▁a ▁prede cess or ▁government . ▁The ▁modern ▁analog ue ▁may ▁be ▁rep udi ating ▁public ▁deb t , ▁but ▁the ▁original ▁was ▁Henry ▁II ' s ▁principle , ▁preserved ▁in ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁jud g ments , ▁" Let ▁it ▁be ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁my ▁grand father ' s ▁death ", ▁a ▁principle ▁by ▁which ▁he ▁rep udi ated ▁all ▁the ▁royal ▁gr ants ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁ 1 9 ▁years ▁under ▁King ▁Stephen . ▁ ▁Modern ▁examples ▁ ▁Technology ▁ ▁Most ▁cell ular ▁phone ▁carri ers ▁including ▁AT & T ▁and ▁Ver izon ▁had ▁an ▁un limited ▁data ▁plan ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁but ▁these ▁plans ▁were ▁removed . ▁Custom ers ▁who ▁already ▁had ▁un limited ▁data ▁plans ▁could ▁continue ▁to ▁have ▁them ▁for ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁they ▁kept ▁the ▁same ▁service . ▁For ▁new ▁subscri bers , ▁the ▁un limited ▁plan ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁available ▁and ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁select ▁from ▁a ▁limited ▁plan ▁( us ually ▁ 2