When the Act was established it was given 40 years, however under Bush it has a renewed agreement for 25 years. Why?
2006-08-10 06:55:50 · 4 answers · asked by dorice c 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Because the constitution (as interpreted by the Supreme Court) requires that any program like that be "congruent and proportional" to the harm being remedied.
Part of that means the law must be re-evaluated from time to time to determine if it is still necessary to impose those restrictions on state action. The provisions that need to be reviewed require certain states and counties to get federal approval before changing their voting practices, to ensure that changes to voting laws are not racially motivated.
And it wasn't originally enacted for 40 years. It was originally enacted for 5 years. Then renewed in 1970 (5 years), 1975 (32 years), and then again in 2006 (25 years).
2006-08-10 07:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The voting rights law was about to expire so the President's conservative handlers had him sign a new one to prove to the minorities that slavery was not coming back any time soon.
2006-08-10 07:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B/c he's probably the type who thinks its not very relevant anymore. I can't understand the hesitation to the voting rights act, it seems pretty straightforward to me.
2006-08-10 07:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by mutterhals 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when it was enacted that is what the Democrats put into the bill.
2006-08-10 07:01:09 · answer #4 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋