TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Jan 30, 2024

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today declined to reconsider a ruling that only the U.S. government, not private parties, can sue under a landmark civil rights law barring racial discrimination in voting. Reuters reports that the court rejected a request by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP to reconsider a 2023 ruling holding that private plaintiffs cannot bring cases enforcing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. For decades, the majority of Voting Rights Act lawsuits have been filed by private parties.