After a federal appeals court in Arkansas recently ruled that only the federal government—not private citizens or civil rights groups—could sue to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act, an appeal to the Supreme Court is likely. But if the ruling stands, it could gut individual persons’ and civil rights groups’ legal right to fight racial discrimination in voting.
November 27, 2023 at 01:07 PM
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A federal appeals court in Arkansas ruled on Nov. 20 that only the federal government—not private citizens or civil rights groups—could sue to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
This decision will likely be appealed to the Supreme Court–but if it stands, it could gut individual persons’ and civil rights groups’ legal right to fight racial discrimination in voting.
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