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National Urban League President Marc Morial decried the court ruling as 'intellectually bankrupt.'
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National Urban League President Marc Morial decried the court ruling as 'intellectually bankrupt.'
The United States wasn’t really a democracy until 1965, when Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. It gave Black Americans the unfettered right to vote, and it inspired other marginalized groups to pursue the franchise. It’s no accident that Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was elected by a rainbow coalition of voters: Asian […]
A federal appeals court decision that effectively weakens a key section of the Voting Rights Act for Black and Brown voters in several states and […]
The majority opinion by 8th Circuit Court Judge David Stras concludes that only the United States government can bring such suits.
National Urban League President Marc Morial decried the decision, which would not allow private entities to sue to enforce the Voting Rights Act, "morally bankrupt."