Opponents of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 say the pre-clearance requirement has outlived its usefulness.
Hamer's stand inspired Dr. King's march in Selma, which brought about the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The nature of the cases has changed since the tumult of the early 1960s produced the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In June, many Republican in Congress balked at renewing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and tried to discontinue foreign language ballots.
Washington (CNN) -- A divided federal appeals court in Washington has upheld a key enforcement provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The suit seeks compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Voting Registration Act of 1993 and cites the equal protection clause in the Constitution.
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Several decades later, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 only came about because local activists, led by prominent leaders such as Rev.
It is instructive to look back at history when Congress passed two landmark civil rights measures: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
It is no coincidence, she believes, that the fire was set just two days before thousands gathered to commemorate the Selma demonstrations that led to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Complicating the process, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may require officials to draw the House district boundaries in such a way that some of the eight new seats have a majority Hispanic population.
In addition to the Civil Rights Act, Kennedy played a key role in passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act.
And six others Alabama, Mississippi, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia are subject to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act because of their history of barring minorities from voting.
In a recent case, a majority of the Justices applied a provision of the Voting Rights Act to reject part of a Texas redistricting plan that was found to hurt Hispanic voters.
"As we await the court's decision, I want to assure you that no matter the outcome the Department of Justice will remain committed to the aggressive and appropriate enforcement of all voting and civil rights protections, including every part of the Voting Rights Act, " Holder said.
And as a Harvard Law Review essay argues, Congress authorized preclearance -- Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment.
But in the matter at the center of Section 5 of the Voting Rights act racism some segments of American liberalism won't let it go.
Many consider the Voting Rights Act the most effective legislation of the civil-rights era, and even conservative justices acknowledged its historic role.
Many consider the Voting Rights Act the most effective legislation of the civil-rights era, and even conservative justices on Wednesday acknowledged its utility in breaking Jim Crow segregation laws.
As we noted last Thursday, the argument for the continuing relevance of the 1965 Voting Rights Act--the most dubious section of which is currently under review at the Supreme Court--rests heavily on the supposition that voter ID laws discriminate against minorities.
Texas is required under the 1965 Voting Rights Act to secure federal approval of changes in its voting procedures.
"Let me be clear: While this country has indeed changed, and real progress has been made, we are not yet at the point where the most vital part of the Voting Rights Act can be described as unnecessary or a product of a flawed political process, " the attorney general told the National Action Network.
The bench could also examine Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act - a provision that forces nine US states with a history of electoral discrimination to have all changes to voting rules first approved in Washington.
Holder, that tests the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires state and local governments, primarily in the Deep South, with a history of discrimination to obtain "pre-clearance" from the Justice Department before making any changes affecting voting.
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The 1965 Voting Rights Act, the crown jewel of modern civil rights laws, revolutionized America.
With the completion of oral arguments in the Voting Rights Act case, the Court has now entered the most contentious weeks of its year.
Scalia's characterization of the Voting Rights Act was offensive, and it deserved to be national news.
So the question really is: To what extent do you back these various provisions of the Voting Rights Act?
Tell that to the citizens of the five Florida counties covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
In 2006, President George W. Bush signed a 25-year reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act that Congress passed with near-unanimity.
Without the protections afforded by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, many Americans would find voting even more difficult.
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