Efforts to renew the landmark Voting Rights Act hit a surprising snag in Congress last week.
And we need to keep this Voting Rights Act that has worked so well in place...
In any event, it would require federal authorities' review for compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
The same could be said for the Voting Rights Act that followed in 1965.
Opponents of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 say the pre-clearance requirement has outlived its usefulness.
Scalia's characterization of the Voting Rights Act was offensive, and it deserved to be national news.
Likewise, the Voting Rights Act has given the South new and very different politics.
The Voting Rights Act was a monumental political achievement during the Civil Rights era.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act, the crown jewel of modern civil rights laws, revolutionized America.
The Voting Rights Act was once needed to counteract the gap between black and white voter registration.
Challenges to the Social Security Act, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act all failed.
Hamer's stand inspired Dr. King's march in Selma, which brought about the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In 1966, the year after the Voting Rights Act was passed, 6 million blacks were registered to vote.
Because it's not as if the whole Voting Rights Act expires anyway, because the whole act doesn't expire.
Kennedy "was there when the Voting Rights Act passed, " the new president said.
So the question really is: To what extent do you back these various provisions of the Voting Rights Act?
Two days after the argument in the Voting Rights Act case, David H.
Tell that to the citizens of the five Florida counties covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
Texas is required under the 1965 Voting Rights Act to secure federal approval of changes in its voting procedures.
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.
Subsequent judicial interpretations of the 1965 Voting Rights Act demanded that districts be drawn to produce Congressmen with specific features.
If it is ruled unconstitutional, they warn, the very power and effect of the entire Voting Rights Act would crumble.
The Texas case involves the infamous Tom DeLay redistricting and whether it's unconstitutional or illegal under the Voting Rights Act.
And so why not look at the advances that the South and other states have made in this Voting Rights Act.
The nature of the cases has changed since the tumult of the early 1960s produced the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
If it were ruled unconstitutional, they had warned, the very power and effect of the entire Voting Rights Act would crumble.
In June, many Republican in Congress balked at renewing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and tried to discontinue foreign language ballots.
He could not know that by August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act would be signed into law by President Johnson.
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Their lawyers also argue those who are discriminated against could still file a lawsuit under other provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
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