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Nov 20 • 6 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
BREAKING: 8th Circuit severely weakens Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in certain states by ruling that there is no private right of action under Section 2. This means that only the DOJ — not individuals and organizations — can sue under Section 2.
democracydocket.com/cases/arkansas…
This is a catastrophic decision that will impact organizations' ability to use Section 2 to protect voters from racial discrimination in voting in all the states under the 8th Circuit's jurisdiction: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
This decision stems from a lawsuit filed by @NAACP Arkansas and @ARpanel1963 arguing that Arkansas' legislative maps violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of Black Arkansans.
The U.S. Department of Justice sided with the plaintiffs and filed a brief arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court's Section 2 decision in Allen v. Milligan "supports the conclusion that Section 2...contains an implied private right of action."
In Feb. 2022, a Trump-appointed federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that there is no private right of action under Section 2. Today, the 8th Circuit affirmed that ruling and ended the lawsuit.
democracydocket.com/analysis/the-c…
If SCOTUS were to agree and rule that private individuals and organizations cannot sue under Section 2, @marceelias argues "it would be probably the most dramatic change to the protection of voting rights that we have seen in 50 years."
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