If #SCOTUS ends up agreeing with the 8th Circuit, it would upend #VotingRights #litigation nationwide. According to a supporting brief filed by voting rights historians last year in a different case, 93% of challenges under the provision since 1982 were brought by private plaintiffs. It is very unlikely that the #Trump admin would sue to enforce the law in most voting controversies.
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If #SCOTUS ends up agreeing with the 8th Circuit, it would upend #VotingRights #litigation nationwide. According to a supporting brief filed by voting rights historians last year in a different case, 93% of challenges under the provision since 1982 were brought by private plaintiffs. It is very unlikely that the #Trump admin would sue to enforce the law in most voting controversies.
The case, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe, was brought by 2 tribes & several voters. It challenged a state legislative map that they said denied #NativeAmerican voters an #equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.
#SCOTUS paused the 8th Circuit’s ruling in July. 3 members of the court — Justices #ClarenceThomas, Samuel #Alito & Neil #Gorsuch — noted dissents. It takes 4 votes to grant review.
#law#VotingRights#VRA#CivilRights#ActivistCourt#WhiteSupremacy
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