McLeod challenged the Voting Rights Act as an unconstitutional encroachment on states’ rights, as a violation of equality between the states, and as an illegal bill of attainder which is legislative punishment enforced without due process of law.
McLeod argued against the Voting Rights Act, claiming it was an unconstitutional interference with states’ rights, a breach of equality between the states, and an illegal bill of attainder that enforced legislative punishment without due legal procedures.