gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1970-10-19
1970-10-20
1970-10-21
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:400_U.S._112
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:John_M._Harlan_II
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gptkbp:date
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1970-12-21
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:John_N._Mitchell
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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43
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Oregon_et_al._v._Mitchell,_Attorney_General,_et_al.
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Congress may set voting age requirements for federal elections but not for state and local elections.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Oregon v. Mitchell
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Hugo_Black
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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Whether Congress could regulate residency requirements for voting.
Whether Congress could lower the voting age for state and local elections.
Whether Congress could ban literacy tests for voting.
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:State_of_Oregon
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1970
gptkb:Twenty-sixth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Federalism
Voting rights
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:1970_in_American_law
gptkb:Legal_history_of_Oregon
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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