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Nix v. Holder
Petition for certiorari denied on November 12, 2012
Issue: (1) Whether the 2006 version of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 exceeds Congress’ enforcement powers under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments given that: (a) Congress retained a three-decade-old formula for selecting the jurisdictions that will be covered by the preclearance procedure; and (b) Congress significantly expanded the substantive standard for denying preclearance by abrogating two of the Court’s decisions that had narrowly construed it; (2) whether the Justice Department mooted petitioners’ appeal when it unilaterally purported to “reconsider” and “withdraw” the particular preclearance objection that was injuring petitioners, but failed to demonstrate that Section 5 could not reasonably be expected to injure petitioners in the future.
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for Defendant- Intervenor respondents Joseph M.Tyson, et al.
Aug 15 2012
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 19, 2012, for all respondents.
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