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Advocacy groups are key players because they bring most of the lawsuits filed under the provision of the #VotingRightsAct known as #Section2.
But in a #NorthDakota case brought by 2 #NativeAmerican tribes, the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that only the #FederalGovernment can sue to enforce the #law.
The decision conflicted with decades of case law. #SCOTUS blocked it in July, allowing the tribes’ preferred maps to temporarily stay in place.
#SCOTUS sends closely watched #NativeAmerican #VotingRights decision back to lower court
SCOTUS acted in a #VotingRightsAct case brought by Native American tribes on Monday, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the #CivilRights era #law.
The justices ordered lower courts to take another look at the decision that went against the tribes & undercut a key enforcement mechanism: lawsuits from voters & advocacy groups.
