The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit racial discrimination in voting and are applied in legal challenges to race-based redistricting.
March 24, 2025
high
constitutional
Courts evaluate whether race-based districting violates equal protection or constitutes impermissible racial discrimination in voting under these constitutional provisions.
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
February 03, 1870
high
legal
Constitutional protection against racial discrimination in voting
The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying the right to vote on the basis of race and grants Congress the power to enforce that prohibition, and the amendment itself does not include a time limit on Congress's enforcement authority.
February 03, 1870
high
temporal
Constitutional basis for congressional enforcement of voting rights protections against racial discrimination.