This Week at Democracy Docket: First on Voter Suppression News
This week, Democracy Docket readers were first to learn about three important new developments in Republican voter suppression.
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Supreme Court Asked to Decide If Citizens Can Still Enforce Voting Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide if citizens can still enforce the Voting Rights Act, after a federal appeals court ruled that only the government can enforce protections against racial discrimination in voting.
Supreme Court Blocks 8th Circuit’s Anti-VRA Ruling For Now
The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a federal appeals court’s ruling that would have stripped voters and private organizations of their right to enforce the Voting Rights Act
Lawsuits Have Blocked Trump’s Anti-Voting Executive Order. GOP States Are Implementing It Anyway
Much of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order has been blocked by judges. But it’s having an impact nonetheless — by encouraging and emboldening state-level Republicans to pursue its anti-democratic goals.
SCOTUS to Get Yet Another Chance to Weaken VRA with North Dakota Case
Native American voters in North Dakota are preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after the federal appeals court ruled that private individuals cannot bring lawsuits under Section 2 — the part of the Voting Rights Act that bars racially discriminatory voting laws.
New Ruling Cuts Off Key Tool to Protect Minority Voters
The ruling applies in seven states and further weakens the ability of the landmark civil rights law to protect voters.
SCOTUS Won’t Hear GOP Challenge to North Dakota Tribal Legislative Districts
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take up a Republican lawsuit alleging that North Dakota engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering when it created two majority-Native American legislative districts following the 2020 census.
9 More Republican-Led States Sue Biden Over 2021 Voter Registration Order
An executive order issued in 2021 by President Biden to promote voter registration is still drawing rebuke from GOP-led states in court.
Republican Attorneys General Continue To Threaten Our Democracy
Republican attorneys general pose an ongoing threat to democracy as they continue their attempts to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and more.
Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Right-Wing Attempt To Curtail North Dakota’s Mail-in Ballot Receipt Deadline
A Trump-appointed federal judge today dismissed a right-wing lawsuit seeking to invalidate a North Dakota election law that allows for the counting of mail-in ballots up to 13 days after Election Day
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