Oregon v. Mitchell

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Oregon v. Mitchell was a 1970 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the constitutionality of federal laws regulating state and local election procedures, including provisions of the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
voting rights case ⓘ
citation 400 U.S. 112 ⓘ
concerns Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 ⓘ
constitutionality of federal regulation of state and local election procedures ⓘ
federal power over voter qualifications ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1970-12-21 ⓘ
defendant John N. Mitchell ⓘ
defendantRole Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
effect prompted constitutional amendment to set nationwide voting age at 18 ⓘ
fullCaseName Oregon v. Mitchell ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
holding Congress may ban literacy tests in federal, state, and local elections ⓘ
Congress may not require states to lower the voting age to 18 for state and local elections ⓘ
Congress may regulate certain residency requirements for voting in federal elections ⓘ
Congress may set the voting age at 18 for federal elections ⓘ
influenced adoption of the Twenty-sixth Amendment ⓘ
involvesLaw Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
issue federal authority to set the voting age in federal elections ⓘ
federal authority to set the voting age in state and local elections ⓘ
federal regulation of literacy tests in elections ⓘ
federal regulation of residency requirements for voting ⓘ
joinedParty State of Arizona ⓘ
linked to: Arizona

State of Idaho ⓘ
linked to: Idaho

State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
legalSubject election law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
locationOfCourt Washington, D.C. ⓘ
opinionBy Hugo Black ⓘ
linked to: Hugo L. Black
opinionType plurality opinion ⓘ
plaintiff State of Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Oregon
relatedTo Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
resultedIn split decision with no single majority opinion ⓘ
separateOpinionBy Byron White ⓘ
linked to: Byron R. White

Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John M. Harlan II ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
yearDecided 1970 ⓘ

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Oregon v. Mitchell → fullCaseName → Oregon v. Mitchell ⓘ