GOVT 2306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: United States Attorney General, Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Declaratory Judgment
8 Sep 2016
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2011 session: tx legislature passes a strict voter id law and rick perry signs it. Then the law must be pre cleared by justice department. Shelby county, al sued us attorney general, seeking a declaratory judgment that sections 4 and 5 = unconstitutional. Supreme court: sec 4 is unconstitutional because its formula is outdated, did not rule on sec 5, but since sec 5 depends on sec 4"s coverage formula, it is essentially inoperable. Section 2: prohibits any voting practice that has discriminatory effect, whether or not the practice was intended to do so. Section 3: provides remedies the courts and justice department may impose on jurisdictions found to be violating any portion of the vra ( bail in ) Section 5: the justice department must pre clear any change to any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure with respect to voting in covered jurisdiction.
