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Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the Supreme Court.
(CTN News) - On Monday, a federal appeals court determined that the Voting Rights Act, a historic civil rights statute that forbade racial discrimination in
David Stras was among three judges who ruled that only the U.S. government can sue to enforce the Voting Rights Act.
The NAACP can either ask the entire Eighth Circuit to rehear the case, or it can seek review by the United States Supreme Court.
As long as we are on the upcoming election there has been a court ruling that could be disastrous for the voters of this country. A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the…