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Lopez Vs. Monterey County

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 02, 1998

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  1. Perkins Vs. Matthews US Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1971
  2. City of Boerne Vs. Flores US Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1997
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  3. Young Vs. Fordice US Supreme Court · Jan 06, 1997
  4. Shaw Vs. Reno US Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1993
  5. South Carolina Vs. Katzenbach US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1966
  6. Shaw Vs. Hunt US Supreme Court · Jun 13, 1996
  7. Brecht Vs. Abrahamson US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1993
  8. Lopez v. Monterey
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  9. County - 525 U.S. 266 (1998) October Term, 1998 Syllabus Lopez Et Al. V. Monterey
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  10. obligation to preclear these changes. See Lopez v. Monterey
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  11. State effects voting changes in covered counties, see, e. g., United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  12. before the lower federal courts in which interested parties have labored under such an assumption, see, e. g., Shaw v. Reno
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  13. Miller v. Johnson
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  14. power even if it prohibits conduct that is not itself unconstitutional and intrudes into such areas. City of Boerne v. Flores
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  15. against a challenge that this provision usurps powers reserved to the States. See, e. g., South Carolina v. Katzenbach
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  16. s preclearance requirements. Young v. Fordice
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  17. U. S. 273 , 284, and City of Monroe v. United
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  18. preclearance requirement that this Court has recognized for voting changes crafted by federal district courts. Connor v. Johnson
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  19. U. S. 690 , 691, and McDaniel v. Sanchez
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  20. for electing judges in Monterey County, and we assume familiarity with our previous decision in this case. See Lopez v. Monterey
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  21. two municipal court and seven justice court districts. As we observed in our earlier opinion, see Lopez v. Monterey
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  22. in a 1995 special election to serve until January 1997. Following the election, however, this Court decided Miller v. Johnson
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  23. We subsequently noted probable jurisdiction over the appeal, 517 U. S. 1118 (1996), and we reversed, Lopez v. Monterey
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  24. them. Relying on our decision in Young v. Fordice
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  25. be precleared to the extent that it affects covered counties. In United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  26. s efforts to exempt its counties from the Act's coverage proved unsuccessful, see New York ex rel. New York County v. United
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  27. see also Shaw v. Hunt
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  28. see generally Perkins v. Matthews
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  29. partially covered States require preclearance before they take effect in covered jurisdictions. See, e. g., Shaw v. Reno
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  30. Haith v. Martin
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  31. United States v. Onslow
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  32. preclearance). While this Court is not bound by its prior assumptions, see, e. g., Brecht v. Abrahamson
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  33. Dakota, both partially covered States). Subject to certain limitations not implicated here, see, e. g., Presley v. Etowah
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  34. that section. Dougherty County Bd. of Ed. v. White
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  35. see, e. g., NAACP v. Hampton
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  36. Amendments by their nature contemplate some intrusion into areas traditionally reserved to the States. City of Rome v. United
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  37. of the Act against a challenge that this provision usurps powers reserved to the States. See South Carolina v. Katzenbach
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  38. see also City of Rome v. United
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  39. these tests in covered jurisdictions even where the tests had been enacted by a noncovered State. See Gaston County v. United
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  40. provision on behalf of its covered counties, but see United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Carey
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  41. s preclearance requirements. In particular, the State relies on Young v. Fordice
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  42. U. S. 273 (1997), and City of Monroe v. United
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  43. changes crafted wholly by a federal district court in the first instance do not require preclearance. See Connor v. Johnson
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  44. Id., at 695. We have since recognized limitations on the Connor exception. In McDaniel v. Sanchez
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  45. That interpretation draws some support from our decisions in Connor v. Johnson
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  46. U. S. 690 (1971) (per curiam), and Young v. Fordice
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  47. need not seek preclearance when a noncovered entity requires them to implement specific voting changes. See Connor v. Johnson
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  48. voting changes at issue in fact embodied the policy preferences and determinations of the county itself. See McDaniel v. Sanchez
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  49. and 5 of the Voting Rights Act, as those sections are properly understood. See Holder v. Hall
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  50. Beer v. United
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