After Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, President Lyndon B. Kennedy in June 1963, but it was opposed by filibuster in the Senate. The legislation had been proposed by President John F. Congress asserted its authority to legislate under several different parts of the United States Constitution, principally its power to regulate interstate commerce under Article One (section 8), its duty to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. Initially, powers given to enforce the act were weak, but these were supplemented during later years. The act "remains one of the most significant legislative achievements in American history". It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity.
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