Report

Report

Author: United States. Congress. House

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 2744

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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Author: United States. Congress. House

Publisher:

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 1480

ISBN-13:

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Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."


The Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Author: Kevin J. Coleman

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-01-02

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781505554328

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The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was successfully challenged in a June 2013 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The suit challenged the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the VRA, under which certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting-mostly in the South-were required to "pre-clear" changes to the election process with the Justice Department (the U.S. Attorney General) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The preclearance provision (Section 5) was based on a formula (Section 4) that considered voting practices and patterns in 1964, 1968, or 1972. At issue in Shelby County was whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it reauthorized the VRA in 2006-with the existing formula-thereby infringing on the rights of the states. In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions." As a consequence, Section 5 is intact, but inoperable, unless or until Congress prescribes a new Section 4 formula.