Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights Act - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper - Empowering Global Vision, Empathizing with India

A divided federal appeals court Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision voting rights advocates say could further erode protections under the landmark 1965 law. The 2-1 decision by a panel of…

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