Speech ... on the Proposition to Amend to Constitution of the United States ... in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1865
Title | Speech ... on the Proposition to Amend to Constitution of the United States ... in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1865 PDF eBook |
Author | George Helm Yeaman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Enslaved persons |
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Constitution
Title | Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | United States |
Publisher | |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | |
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A Manual of Parliamentary Practice
Title | A Manual of Parliamentary Practice PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Jefferson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1848 |
Genre | Parliamentary practice |
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Title | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Coleman |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2015-01-02 |
Genre | Election law |
ISBN | 9781505554328 |
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 In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions."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.
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Title | Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 796 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Books |
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Three Decades of Federal Legislation, 1855 to 1885
Title | Three Decades of Federal Legislation, 1855 to 1885 PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Sullivan Cox |
Publisher | |
Pages | 774 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | United States |
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index
Title | Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | American literature |
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