South Carolina v. Katzenbach

South Carolina v. Katzenbach
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 17–18, 1966 Decided March 7, 1966
Full case name	South Carolina v. Nicholas Katzenbach, Attorney General
Citations	383 U.S. 301 (more) 86 S. Ct. 803; 15 L. Ed. 2d 769; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2112
Questions presented
Does the Voting Rights Act of 1965 violate the states' constitutional ability to implement and control elections?
Holding
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 does not violate the states' constitutional ability to implement and control elections. Therefore, it is a constitutionally valid exercise of congressional power for the effectuation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
Majority	Warren, joined by Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas
Concur/dissent	Black
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XV

South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that rejected a challenge from the state of South Carolina to the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which required that some states submit changes in election districts to the Attorney General of the United States (at the time, Nicholas Katzenbach).^[1] The preclearance provisions were ruled constitutional and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enforced in full.^[2]