City of Rome v. United States
City of Rome v. United States, 446 U.S. 156 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the majority upheld Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 against a challenge to its constitutionality. Justice Thurgood Marshall authored the majority opinion, which held that Section 5 "does not exceed Congress' power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment" and "does not violate principles of federalism". The Court's decision also rejected a request by Rome, Georgia to "bail out" of coverage under the Voting Rights Act, asserting that such a request would have to be made by the entire state of Georgia, rather than by an individual city.[1] ReferencesExternal links
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