Shelby County v. Holder
on September 07, 2020.
Shelby County v. Holder is a 2013 case in which a divided Supreme Court struck down the provision of the Voting Rights Act containing the formula that was used to identify state and local governments that must get approval from the federal government before making any changes to their voting laws and procedures – a process known as “preclearance.” The preclearance requirement, found in Section 5 of the law, was designed to prevent voting-related discrimination by governments with a history of such discrimination; until the court’s 2013 decision, it applied to...