Students will write a 2-5 page brief summarizing the case of Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), which declared unconstitutional Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (Links to an external site.) (VRA)

Students will write a 2-5 page brief summarizing the case of Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), which declared unconstitutional Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (Links to an external site.) (VRA) of 1965 that set forth a formula for determining which jurisdictions were required (under Section 5 of the act) to seek federal approval of any proposed change to their electoral laws or procedures. The following materials should be used for this assignment. Students may also utilize other resources that they independently research.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/12-96 (Links to an external site.) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/how-shelby-county-broke-america/564707/ (Links to an external site.) https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/despite-predictions-shelby-v-holder-did-not-lead-voter-suppression (Links to an external site.) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/25/18701277/shelby-county-v-holder-anniversary-voting-rights-suppression-congress (Links to an external site.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoYBzJytJbI