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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Citation:
384 U.S. 641, 86 S.Ct. 1717, 16 L.Ed.2d 828 (1966).Facts
Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (the Act) provides that no person who has successfully completed sixth grade in a school accredited by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which the language of instruction was other than English shall be denied the right to vote in any election because of his inability to read or write English. As such, the Act prohibits the enforcement of the election laws of New York requiring an ability to read and write English.
Registered voters in the state of New York brought suit, alleging that Congress exceeded its powers of enforcement under the Fourteenth Amendment and that Congress infringed on rights reserved to states by the Tenth Amendment.
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