John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

proposed United States legislation [2021]

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In United States: Stalled voting rights legislation, the fate of the filibuster, and the appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court
One, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (named for the famed civil rights activist and congressman), primarily sought to restore and update a portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that had been invalidated by the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision—namely, the Justice…
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In Voting Rights Act: Legal challenges
…House of Representatives passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (named for the famed civil rights leader and politician), a bill designed in part to strengthen the VRA by updating the preclearance formula struck down in Shelby County v. Holder. The bill also addressed the weakening of Section 2…
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