The November 18 New York Times has an op-ed by Rick Hasen, a prominent professor of law at the University of California at Irvine, and an expert on election law. His op-ed explains how important the federal Voting Rights Act is just now, and also explains that backers of the Act worry that the Act may soon be declared partially unconstitutional. See one version of the op-ed here.
The *pre-clearance* stuff in the 1965 VRA is one more giant perversion/subversion of the Const.
The enforcement stuff for the 13-14-15 Amdts is the same as for the enforcement of the original 1787 Const.
AFTER an illegal act or omission happens, THEN there should be Fed and/or private court stuff.
The Feds can impose DEATH penalities on violators of such 13-14-15 Amdts, impose ZILLION dollar fines on any involved govt regimes or govt officers (to bankrupt any such State/local regimes and any such officers), plus have UNLIMITED civil damages to injured private persons.
If necessary, then the U.S.A. Army/Militia can be used to enforce such 13-14-15 Amdts.
Hmmm. Who was the last slave freed by the U.S.A. Army/Navy in 1865-1866 (probably in W. Texas) ???
SCOTUS went *politically correct* brain dead in the 1960s about a whole lot of constitutional law stuff.
Hmmm. What would the effect be in the various rotted State regimes if a State Guv after a conviction for violating the 15th Amdt (such as denying the right to vote of a 90 year old black WW II Medal of Honor winner by a State law that the Guv signed) got HUNG until DEAD by a U.S.A. Marshal on public TV ???
Would ANY more violations of the 15th Amdt happen in ANY rotted State regime ??? Duh.
See the U.S.A. 1790 Crimes Act and the various DEATH penalty punishments — treason, piracy, etc.
How EVIL stupid are many/all of the New Age SCOTUS folks ???