Ending the Racial Identity Politics of Today's Voting Rights Act
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Library of Law and Liberty
Publication Date
7-2-2013
Abstract
In Shelby County v. Holder, decided this June, the United States Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the 2006 Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act (“2006 VRA”). Section 4 of the VRA provides a coverage formula for nine states as well as counties in six additional states that must seek “preclearance” for any changes to their electoral practices under Section 5 of the VRA from either the federal Department of Justice or a three-judge Federal District Court in Washington DC.
Recommended Citation
"Ending the Racial Identity Politics of Today's Voting Rights Act," Library of Law and Liberty, The Liberty Fund., July 2, 2013: http://vvww.libertylawsite.org/2013/ 07 /02/ ending - Lhe-racial-ident ity-poli tics-of -todaysvoting- rights-act/