This case begins with the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which was the response to decades of voting discrimination, particularly racial discrimination. However, in this law, it was required that certain parts of the country conduct testing as a prerequisite for voting, which was known as Section 4 of the law. These localities experienced lower voter turnout. Districts are prohibited from changing their election laws without obtaining court permission, as stipulated in Section 5 of the law. Shelby County wanted to question whether the renewal of all sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 was not within the jurisdiction of Congress, particularly section 5 which does not allow the district to revise section 4. It was necessary decide whether Congress was going against the Tenth Amendment and Article Four of the Constitution. On June 25, 2013, it was ruled, by 5 votes to 4, that section 4 of the law was unconstitutional and did not correspond to the current conditions of the country. This also means that the court ruled that Section 5 was no longer necessary and that Congress could no longer justify its retention. The Constitution allows states to regulate