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Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013), is a landmark decision [1] of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the constitutionality of two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Section 5, which requires certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices; and subsection (b) of Section 4 ...
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population. Along with Baker v. Carr (1962) and Wesberry v.
In 2004 a Federal District Court struck the provision down as unconstitutionally vague, [138] but in 2010 the Supreme Court reversed that decision. [ 139 ] Perhaps one of the biggest controversies involved the use of National Security Letters (NSLs) by the FBI.
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Because of the New York district court ruling, while the case was still on appeal, Congress amended the USA PATRIOT Act to provide for more judicial review of NSLs and clarified the NSL nondisclosure provision. [16] Based on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the FBI does not need judicial approval to issue an NSL.
(The Center Square) – A unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated. The ...
The Supreme Court in 2023 left Dick's ruling in place. Under the map rejected by Dick, Black voters had constituted a majority in only one of the state's six districts, despite comprising nearly a ...
The New Jersey legislature had prepared a bill legalizing sports gambling prior to the Supreme Court ruling, and upon the Court's decision, formally introduced the bill the same day; the bill had undergone several revisions, and had passed both houses and signed into law by Governor Murphy by June 11, 2018. [44] [45]