Amicus Brief in Shelby County, Alabama v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Atty. Gen.

Patricia A. Broussard, Florida A & M University College of Law
Sabrina Collins, Florida A&M University College of Law
Akunna Olumba, Florida A&M University College of Law
Stacy Hane, Florida A&M University College of Law

Abstract

Congress's 2006 reauthorization of Sections 5 and 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act implements, rather than violates, the constitutional requirements of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.

Congress's 2006 reauthorization of Sections 5 and 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act met the constitutional requirements of both the Tenth Amendment and Article IV of the United States Constitution.