Shelby Co. v. Holder

A case in which the Court found that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional.

Shelby County v. Holder | Brennan Center for Justice

On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court swept away a key provision of this landmark civil rights law in Shelby County v. Holder.

Reflecting On the 10th Anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder

The Shelby County ruling marked a significant turning point for voting rights in the United States. In its decision, the Supreme Court ...

Shelby County v. Holder - Wikipedia

On June 25, 2013, the Court ruled by a 5 to 4 vote that Section 4(b) was unconstitutional because the coverage formula was based on data over 40 years old.

Shelby v Holder - Rock the Vote

Shelby County v. Holder was a landmark US Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by eliminating critical protections from ...

Effects of Shelby County v. Holder on the Voting Rights Act

Shelby County v. Holder Turns 10, and Voting Rights Continue to Suffer from It. The Supreme Court decision allowed states with a history of race ...

Shelby County v. Holder - Legal Defense Fund

Shelby County v. Holder is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by dismantling key protections from discrimination like ...

The Shelby County Decision - Department of Justice

On June 25, 2013, the United States Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to use the coverage formula in Section 4(b) of the Voting ...

Shelby County v. Holder (2013) - The National Constitution Center

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, passed to protect the right to vote of minorities, required certain jurisdictions with a history of discriminatory voting ...

Shelby Co. v. Holder | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, No. 1:10-cv-00651 (D.D.C.). The county asserts that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when, in 2006, it ...

How We Are Protecting the Right to Vote on the Anniversary of ...

Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of the most devastating blows to voting rights in our lifetime: Shelby County v. Holder.

Shelby County v. Holder | Supreme Court Bulletin - Law.Cornell.Edu

Shelby County asserts that the Section 5 preclearance regime exceeds Congress's power to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and violates the Tenth ...

Shelby County v. Holder | 570 U.S. 529 (2013)

Shelby County v. Holder: The Court suspended the operation of part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required certain state and local ...

Shelby County v. Holder - SCOTUSblog

Holding: Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional; its formula can no longer be used as a basis for subjecting jurisdictions to preclearance.

Ten Years After Shelby County v. Holder: Charting the Path Forward ...

Holder — decided 10 years ago — gutted the VRA's preclearance provision. The Court ruled that the formula Congress used to determine which ...

Rep. Sewell Observes the 11th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's ...

US Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) released a video message on the 11 th anniversary of the Supreme Court's 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision.

Shelby County v. Holder | Constitutional Accountability Center

Shelby County involves a constitutional challenge to the preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), which requires certain jurisdictions ...

Shelby County v. Holder | American Civil Liberties Union

Summary. On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a civil rights law that has protected the ...

Shelby County v. Holder | Voting Rights Act, Supreme ... - Britannica

Shelby County v. Holder is a legal case, decided on June 25, 2013, in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared (5–4) unconstitutional Section 4 ...

Shelby County v. Holder (2013) - Supreme Court Cases Series

In a 5-4 decision, the Court struck down Section 4 and therefore weakened Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder.