The Arkansas NAACP and other citizen groups filed suit to say that reapportionment of the Arkansas legislature violated the Voting Rights Act bar on racial gerrymanders. But in early December of 2023, a panel of the the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis agreed with a lower Court judge who ruled that the Voting Rights Act permits only the U.S. Attorney General to file suit -- not private citizens. If upheld, this ruling will overturn almost 60 years of practice and a prior U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Charlie Cooper
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