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Circuit Judge David Stras, regarding a decadeslong court assumption that Section 2 of the landmark civil rights law is privately enforceable. Stras was one of three judges of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who upheld a lower court’s ruling that only the head of the Justice Department can bring Section 2 lawsuits and dismissed an Arkansas redistricting case that argued that the state’s House map dilutes the voting power of Black people. (NPR — Nov. 20, 2023)

Cases like this one are the inevitable output of a judiciary controlled by conservatives at every level.

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal appellate panel narrowly ruled on Monday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act (VRA) does not allow people outside the federal government to sue over alleged electoral discrimination based on ...

A federal appeals court delivered a blow Monday to voting rights advocates, ruling that part of the Voting Rights Act doesn't allow litigation to be brought by them -- only by the U.S. attorney general.

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 U.S. Supreme Court.