Editing Shelby County v. Holder

{{Infobox Case Brief
|court=U.S. Supreme Court
|citation=570 U.S. 529 (2013)
|date=June 25, 2013
|subject=Constitutional Law
|appealed_from=U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
|cited=McCulloch v. Maryland
|facts=The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Section 5 required certain states and local governments to obtain federal preclearance before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices. Section 4(b) contained the coverage formula that determines which jurisdictions are subjected to <span style="background:yellow">preclearance regime</span> based on their histories of discrimination in voting.
|procedural_history=Shelby County, Alabama sued U.S. Attorney General [[Eric H. Holder, Jr.]] in the U.S. District Court for D.C., which found the Voting Rights Act of 1965 constitutional. Shelby County appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which affirmed the lower court's decision.
|issues=Is Section 4(b) unconstitutional?
|arguments=The coverage formula of Section 4(b) is based on data over 40 years old, making it no longer responsive to current needs and therefore an impermissible burden on the constitutional principles of federalism and equal sovereignty of the states.
|holding=Yes, Section 4(b) is unconstitutional.
|judgment=Reversed.
|comments='''RBG dissent''': "the Voting Rights Act fully satisfies the standard stated in [[McCulloch v. Maryland|McCulloch]], 4 Wheat., at 421: Congress may choose any means 'appropriate' and 'plainly adapted to' a legitimate constitutional end."
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|Court_opinion_parts={{Court opinion part
|opinion_type=majority
|written_by=John Roberts
|joined_by=Antonin Scalia*Anthony Kennedy*Clarence Thomas*Samuel Alito
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|written_by=Clarence Thomas
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|opinion_type=dissent
|written_by=Ruth Bader Ginsburg
|joined_by=Stephen Breyer*Sonia Sotomayor*Elena Kagan
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