The main arguments in both passages was that the act of preventing the African-Americans from voting after the enactment of Voting Right Act is considered a felony.
This refers to those crime regarded by the judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour.
An example of a Felony includes murder, r-ape, burglary, kidnapping and arson.
Before, the enactment of the Voting Right Act 1970s, the discriminatory act of preventing the blacks from voting was seen as normal and enforcing in the southern states.
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