Will the Supreme Court Restore Voting Rights Act Protections in Arkansas and Other 8th Circuit States?

Will the Supreme Court restore Voting Rights Act protections in Arkansas and other 8th Circuit states?

There’s some reason to think a majority of the justices might disagree with the 8th Circuit’s restrictive, precedent-defying interpretation of the Voting Rights Act. But time will tell.

Turtle Mountain Band: Eighth Circuit Judges Are Previewing the Next Phase of the War on the Voting Rights Act

When Congress amended the Voting Rights Act in 1982, it recognized that having the right to vote and having the ability to vote are two different things. Tens of millions of American adults, for instance, struggle to read English at a basic level, and around one in six eligible voters have a disability which may make it difficult to vote independently. Because of barriers like these, Congress provided in Section 208 of the VRA that any voter req…