Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
Puerto Rican voters
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1965
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| gptkbp:effect |
expanded voting rights protections
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:has_landmark_case |
Katzenbach v. Morgan (1966)
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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| gptkbp:interpretedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
literacy tests for Puerto Rican voters educated in Spanish
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| gptkbp:protectedBy |
voters educated in Spanish in Puerto Rico
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to prohibit states from denying the right to vote to persons educated in American-flag schools in Puerto Rico on account of inability to read or write English
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Katzenbach_v._Morgan
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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