Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a provision that was challenged but ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in South Carolina v. Katzenbach as a valid exercise of Congress’s power to enforce voting rights protections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2618642 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Context triple: [South Carolina v. Katzenbach, upheldProvision, Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965]
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Section 9 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 9 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a provision that established federal oversight mechanisms for certain jurisdictions’ voting changes, forming part of the Act’s broader framework to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
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Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a key enforcement provision that authorizes the appointment of federal examiners to oversee voter registration and protect voting rights in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
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Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a key provision that required certain jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal approval, or “preclearance,” before changing their voting laws or practices.
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Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a “bail-in” provision that allows federal courts to place jurisdictions with proven intentional voting discrimination under preclearance requirements for changes to their election laws.
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E.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was the provision that established the coverage formula determining which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance requirements for changes to their voting laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Target entity description: Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a provision that was challenged but ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in South Carolina v. Katzenbach as a valid exercise of Congress’s power to enforce voting rights protections.
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A.
Section 9 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 9 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a provision that established federal oversight mechanisms for certain jurisdictions’ voting changes, forming part of the Act’s broader framework to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
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B.
Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 6 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a key enforcement provision that authorizes the appointment of federal examiners to oversee voter registration and protect voting rights in jurisdictions with histories of discrimination.
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C.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is a key provision that required certain jurisdictions with histories of racial discrimination in voting to obtain federal approval, or “preclearance,” before changing their voting laws or practices.
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D.
Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Section 3(c) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a “bail-in” provision that allows federal courts to place jurisdictions with proven intentional voting discrimination under preclearance requirements for changes to their election laws.
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E.
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was the provision that established the coverage formula determining which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance requirements for changes to their voting laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | statutory provision ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
political subdivisions
ⓘ
states ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
enforcement mechanisms for voting rights
ⓘ
federal oversight of voting practices ⓘ |
| challengedBy |
State of South Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
South Carolina
|
| constitutionalBasis |
Article I powers of the United States Congress
ⓘ
linked to:
Article I of the United States Constitution
Enforcement Clause of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fifteenth Amendment Enforcement Clause
|
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| decisionYearOfKeyChallenge | 1966 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enactmentDate | 1965-08-06 ⓘ |
| hasLegalEffect | authorizes federal action to address voting discrimination ⓘ |
| heldToBe |
constitutional
ⓘ
valid exercise of congressional power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| interpretedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | federal statutory scheme to eliminate racial discrimination in voting ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
election law
ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ |
| partOf | Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enforce the guarantees of the Fifteenth Amendment
ⓘ
to strengthen federal enforcement of voting rights protections ⓘ |
| relatedCase | South Carolina v. Katzenbach ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
federal authority over state election laws
ⓘ
remedial legislation under the Fifteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| signedIntoLawBy | Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ |
| statuteCitation |
Voting Rights Act of 1965, Pub. L. 89-110
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linked to:
Voting Rights Act of 1965
|
| upheldByCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| wasChallengedIn | South Carolina v. Katzenbach ⓘ |
| wasUpheldIn | South Carolina v. Katzenbach ⓘ |
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Subject: Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Description of subject: Section 10 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a provision that was challenged but ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in South Carolina v. Katzenbach as a valid exercise of Congress’s power to enforce voting rights protections.
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