Legal Opinion
Oregon v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 21, 1970No. 43 ORIGPublishedCited by 571 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*117Mr. Justice Black,
announcing the judgments of the Court in an opinion expressing his own view of the cases.
In these suits certain States resist compliance with the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, Pub. L. 91-285, 84 Stat. 314, because they believe that the Act takes away from them powers reserved to the States by the Constitution to control their own elections.1 By its terms the Act does three things. First: It lowers the minimum age of voters in both state and federal elections from 21 to 18. Second: Based upon a finding by Congress that literacy tests have been used to discriminate…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by571 opinions
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- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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