We construed thi 1965 Voting Rights Act in light of the Re. port of the Senate Judiciary Committee tha. said. "iTlhe educational differences be. tween whites and Negroes in the areas to bi covered by the prohibitions--difference. which are reflected in the record before th committeewould mean that equal applica tion of the tests would abridge 15th amend ment rights." S. Rep. No. 162. pt. 3. 89t] Cong.. 1st Sess.. 16. See also South Carolin. v. Katzenbach. 383 U.S. 308315. Congress has now undertaken to exten the ban on literacy tests to the whole Natio I see no constitutional impediment to ii doing so. Nationwide application reduces th danger that federal intervention will be pel ceived as unreasonable discriminatto against particular States or particular rc gions of the country. This in turn increase the likelihood of voluntary compliance with s the letter and spirit of federal law.
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