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Appeals ruling curtails voting rights cases in Iowa, six other states
A federal appeals court has blocked one of the remaining means for civil rights activists to seek enforcement of voting ...
Ruling erases path for people in 7 states to sue under Voting Rights Act
A federal appeals court that already has said private individuals and groups cannot sue under a key part of the federal ...
US appeals court curtails key avenue to enforce voting rights law
A federal appeals court foreclosed on Wednesday one of the main remaining means by which civil rights activists could enforce ...
Federal appeals court deals major blow to Voting Rights Act
A federal appeals court on Wednesday shut down the ability of private individuals to bring Voting Rights Act lawsuits ...
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A federal appeals panel has made enforcing the Voting Rights Act harder in 7 states
After a challenge by Republican officials in North Dakota, a federal appeals panel struck down a key way of enforcing the ...
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Appeals ruling curtails voting rights cases in Iowa, six other states
The 2-1 panel of the St. Louis-based Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday ... voters' ability to challenge unfair voting maps in Iowa, Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska ...