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When the [[United States Senate]] took up the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]], the '''Anderson-Aiken amendment'''<ref name=caro>Caro, Robert A. (2003). ''Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'' (pp. 910–43). Retrieved September 24, 2021</ref> was passed, which removed Title III from the legislation. The special provisions covered in Part III granted additional powers to the [[United States Attorney General]] to seek preventative relief in civil rights cases under the [[14th Amendment]].<ref name=govtrack>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s71 HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. AMENDMENT TO DELETE AUTHORITY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEEK PREVENTIVE RELIEF IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASES UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> The majority of [[Democrats]] voted for the weakening measure, while less than half of [[Republicans]] did.

When the [[United States Senate]] took up the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]], the '''Anderson-Aiken amendment'''<ref name=caro>Caro, Robert A. (2003). ''Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson'' (pp. 910–43). Retrieved September 24, 2021</ref> was passed, which removed Title III from the legislation as originally proposed by [[Dwight Eisenhower]]'s Attorney General [[Herbert Brownell]]. The special provisions covered in Part III granted additional powers to the [[United States Attorney General]] to seek preventative relief in civil rights cases under the [[14th Amendment]].<ref name=govtrack>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s71 HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. AMENDMENT TO DELETE AUTHORITY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEEK PREVENTIVE RELIEF IN CIVIL RIGHTS CASES UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 24, 2021.</ref> The majority of [[Democrats]] voted for the weakening measure, while less than half of [[Republicans]] did.

The two senators who introduced the amendment were Democrat Clinton Anderson of [[New Mexico]] and [[Moderate Republican]] [[George Aiken]] of [[Vermont]].<ref name=caro/> Anderson initially hesitated to spearhead the measure because he did not want to be associated with obstructions towards civil rights, though was successfully urged by then-[[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Lyndon Johnson]] to do so by introducing it along with a Republican.

The two senators who introduced the amendment were Democrat Clinton Anderson of [[New Mexico]] and [[Moderate Republican]] [[George Aiken]] of [[Vermont]].<ref name=caro/> Anderson initially hesitated to spearhead the measure because he did not want to be associated with obstructions towards civil rights, though was successfully urged by then-[[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Lyndon Johnson]] to do so by introducing it along with a Republican.