Federal court threatens to deal a death blow to the Voting Rights Act
A panel of judges in a federal appeals court said Monday that only the federal government — not citizens and groups — can sue under a key part of the Voting Rights Act, effectively gutting the legislation in seven states. The ruling, which applies to Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,…
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