for The Cincinnati Bar Association
1. City of Rome v. United States, No. 78-1840 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, October 10, 1979, Argued , April 22, 1980, Decided
OVERVIEW: Even if the Fifteenth Amendment prohibited only purposeful discrimination, it authorized Congress to enact legislation which prohibited voting law changes which had discriminatory effect, even in the absence of discriminatory intent.
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