Author Question: Describe the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . What will be an ideal ... (Read 39 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Describe the Voting Rights Act of 1965 .

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Because of their 6-year terms, Senators have been largely insulated from feeling the electoral sensitivity brought about by the new American democracy and the permanent campaign.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

succesfull · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response would be:
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forbids states and cities with a history of discrimination against minority voters from adopting the at-large system for electing council members if the effect would be to dilute the voting strength of these minorities. In a 1980 case, the Supreme Court found that the Constitution forbids only practices adopted or maintained with the intent to discriminate the Court permitted Mobile, Alabama, to keep its seven-decades-old system of choosing city commissioners in at-large elections, even though no black person had ever been elected to the three-person commission, because there was no direct evidence that the system was established with a discriminatory intent. However, Congress rejected this interpretation when it enacted the extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982 . In the revised Act, voters can challenge a voting scheme, such as at-large elections, by demonstrating that the voting arrangements, based on all the evidence presented, were racially discriminatory in their effects regardless of intent.

Answer to Question 2

FALSE