Legal Opinion
Chisom v. Roemer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1991No. 90-757PublishedCited by 473 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The preamble to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 establishes that the central purpose of the Act is “[t]o enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”1 The Fifteenth Amendment provides:
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” U. S. Const., Amdt. 15, §1.
In 1982, Congress amended §2 of the Voting Rights Act2 to make clear that certain practices and procedures that result in the denial or abridgment of the right to vote are…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- South Carolina v. KatzenbachSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by473 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Republican Party of North Carolina v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Bostock v. Clayton CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2020
- Williams-Yulee v. Florida BarSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
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