Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a provision that was challenged but ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in South Carolina v. Katzenbach as a valid exercise of Congress’s power to enforce voting rights protections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf statutory provision
appliesTo political subdivisions
states
associatedWith enforcement mechanisms for voting rights
federal oversight of voting practices
challengedBy South Carolina
surface form: State of South Carolina
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution
surface form: Article I powers of the United States Congress

Fifteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause
surface form: Enforcement Clause of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America
decisionYearOfKeyChallenge 1966
enactedBy United States Congress
enactmentDate 1965-08-06
hasLegalEffect authorizes federal action to address voting discrimination
heldToBe constitutional
valid exercise of congressional power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States
isComponentOf federal statutory scheme to eliminate racial discrimination in voting
jurisdiction United States federal law
legalDomain election law
voting rights
partOf Voting Rights Act of 1965
purpose to enforce the guarantees of the Fifteenth Amendment
to strengthen federal enforcement of voting rights protections
relatedCase South Carolina v. Katzenbach
relatedTo federal authority over state election laws
remedial legislation under the Fifteenth Amendment
signedIntoLawBy Lyndon B. Johnson
statuteCitation Voting Rights Act of 1965
surface form: Voting Rights Act of 1965, Pub. L. 89-110
upheldByCourt Supreme Court of the United States
wasChallengedIn South Carolina v. Katzenbach
wasUpheldIn South Carolina v. Katzenbach

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South Carolina v. Katzenbach upheldProvision Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965