U.S. Appeals Court overturns key enforcement mechanism of Voting Rights Act - Yellowhammer News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "But assuming their existence, and even discussing them, is different from actually deciding that a private right of action exists," Judge David Stras wrote for the majority.
45% : Rudofsky's ruling threw out a lawsuit brought by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas NAACP. RELATED: Federal judges issue final map to Alabama The 8 Circuit, in a 2 to 1 decision, ruled that the text of the Voting Rights Act does not explicitly call for a "private right of action," and that it remains unclear if Section 2 of the act creates an individual right to bring forth such legal challenges.
40% : Civil rights groups and individual citizens do not have standing under the law to bring those cases.

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