Section 4 Of Voting Rights Act

In a 5 4 vote the court struck down a formula at the heart of the voting rights act the landmark 1965 law that required certain states and localities with a history of discrimination against.
Section 4 of voting rights act. Section 5 which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices. Section 4 is or was before the shelby county v. Section 4 a of the act established a formula to identify those areas and to provide for more stringent remedies where appropriate.
Section 4 of the voting rights act when congress enacted the voting rights act of 1965 it determined that racial discrimination in voting had been more prevalent in certain areas of the country. Voting rights act section 4 struck down by supreme court. The supreme court struck down section 4 of the voting rights act on tuesday the provision of the landmark civil rights law that designates which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or in federal court.
The us supreme court ruled that section 4 of the voting rights act was unconstitutional striking down a key part of a landmark civil rights era law that protected voters from discrimination and. June 25 2013 section 5 of the voting rights act has essentially been nullified by a major decision from the supreme court. That section established which local and state governments as a result of previous voter.
The supreme court struck down section 4 of the voting rights act on tuesday the provision of the landmark civil rights law that designates which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or in federal court. And section 4 b which contains the coverage formula. 529 2013 was a landmark decision of the us supreme court regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the voting rights act of 1965.
The supreme court did not rule on the constitutionality of section 5 itself. Holder the court held in a 5 4 decision that section 4 of the 1965 voting rights act was unconstitutional. The court overturned section 4 of the act in a 5 4 decision split along ideological lines.