Conservative Appeals Court Decision Aims To Gut The Voting Rights Act
The decision by the 8th Circuit would leave the landmark law dead in the water by prohibiting private parties from suing to enforce it.
Source: yahoo.com
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Federal Court Guts Enforcement of Voting Rights Act in "Catastrophic" Ruling
“This ruling is a travesty for democracy,” said ACLU lawyer Sophia Lin Lakin.
Source: truthout.org
Federal court weakens Voting Rights Act, teeing up likely SCOTUS showdown
A federal appeals panel nixed a core mechanism for enforcing the Voting Rights Act, setting the stage for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.
Source: nypost.com
Voting Rights Act ruling is latest attempt by Trump-nominated judges to overturn Supreme Court precedent
A US appellate court decision Monday undercutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 rejects decades of precedent and appears likely to provoke a confrontation at the US Supreme Court, where the milestone law has been increasingly under attack.
Source: cnn.com
The Voting Rights Act Is in Big Trouble
Two rulings by Trump-appointed judges could gut the Voting Rights Act, dramatically reducing the protections it offers to millions of voters of color.U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky ruled in February 2022 that only the U.S. attorney general, the head of the Justice Department, can bring lawsuits about Section 2 of the act, which forbids voting practices that discriminate based on race. Rudofsky, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, dismissed a case brought by advocacy groups on behalf
Source: yahoo.com