| South Carolina v. Katzenbach | |
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| Argued January 17–18, 1966 Decided March 7, 1966 | |
| Full case name | State of South Carolina v. Nicholas DeB Katzenbach, Attorney General |
| Citations | 383 U.S. 301 (more) 86 S. Ct. 803; 15 L. Ed. 2d 769; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2112 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Reargument | Reargument |
| Questions presented | |
| Does the Voting Rights Act of 1965 violate the states' constitutional ability to implement and control elections? | |
| Holding | |
| The Voting Rights Act of 1965 does not violate the states' constitutional ability to implement and control elections. Therefore, it is a constitutionally valid exercise of congressional power for the effectuation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Warren, joined by Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas |
| Concur/dissent | Black |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. XV | |
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that rejected a challenge from the state of South Carolina to the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required that some states submit changes in election districts to the Attorney General of the United States (at the time, Nicholas Katzenbach).[1] The preclearance provisions were ruled constitutional and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enforced in full.[2]
- ^ "South Carolina v. Katzenbach, U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument".
- ^ South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966).
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