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A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision that contradicts decades of precedent and could further erode protections under the landmark 1965 law.The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis found that only the attorney general can enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires political maps to include districts where minority populations preferred candidates can win elections.The majority said other federal laws, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act, make it clear when private groups can sue but said similar wording is not found in the voting law. When those details are missing, it is not our place to fill in the gaps, except when text and structure require it, Circuit Judge David R. Stras wr stanley cups ote for the majority in an opinion joined by Judge Raymond W. Gruender. Stras was nominated by former President Donald Trump and Gruender by former President George W. Bush.The decision affirmed a lower judge s decision to dismiss a case brought by the Arkansas State Conference N stanley cup AACP and the Arkansas stanley kubek Public Policy Panel after giving Attorney General Merrick Garland five days to join the lawsuit. Chief Judge Lavenski R. Smith noted in a dissenting opinion that federal courts across the country and the Supreme Court have considered nu Dvil Washington state electors on the fence about voting for Hillary Clinton
Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, answers questions after a speech before a Virginia Republican fundraising event in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. Steve Helber RICHMOND, Va. -- After taking heat from Rep. Michele Bachmann for stanley cup mandating that Texas schoolgirls receive vaccinations against human papillomavirus, Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday hit back at his rival for the Republican nomination, saying that her s stanley cup uggestion the vaccine could be linked to mental retardation if groundless. Bachmann s remarks had no basis in fact, Perry told reporters, after a speech at a Virginia Republican Party fund-raising luncheon. Perry was asked to comment on Bachmann s assertion after Monday night s candidate debate that use of the vaccine might have link to mental retardation. The Republican from Minnesota told Fox News, There s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given that vaccine. ... She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result. There are very dangerous consequences. During the debate, Perry called the use of an executive order a mistake, but said he st stanley website ood by his support for the vaccine. He reiterated that position Wednesday, and described his personal connection to the fight against cancer. I hate this disease that impacted my family. My mom and my dad
A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision that contradicts decades of precedent and could further erode protections under the landmark 1965 law.The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis found that only the attorney general can enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires political maps to include districts where minority populations preferred candidates can win elections.The majority said other federal laws, including the 1964 Civil Rights Act, make it clear when private groups can sue but said similar wording is not found in the voting law. When those details are missing, it is not our place to fill in the gaps, except when text and structure require it, Circuit Judge David R. Stras wr stanley cups ote for the majority in an opinion joined by Judge Raymond W. Gruender. Stras was nominated by former President Donald Trump and Gruender by former President George W. Bush.The decision affirmed a lower judge s decision to dismiss a case brought by the Arkansas State Conference N stanley cup AACP and the Arkansas stanley kubek Public Policy Panel after giving Attorney General Merrick Garland five days to join the lawsuit. Chief Judge Lavenski R. Smith noted in a dissenting opinion that federal courts across the country and the Supreme Court have considered nu Dvil Washington state electors on the fence about voting for Hillary Clinton
Republican Presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, answers questions after a speech before a Virginia Republican fundraising event in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011. Steve Helber RICHMOND, Va. -- After taking heat from Rep. Michele Bachmann for stanley cup mandating that Texas schoolgirls receive vaccinations against human papillomavirus, Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday hit back at his rival for the Republican nomination, saying that her s stanley cup uggestion the vaccine could be linked to mental retardation if groundless. Bachmann s remarks had no basis in fact, Perry told reporters, after a speech at a Virginia Republican Party fund-raising luncheon. Perry was asked to comment on Bachmann s assertion after Monday night s candidate debate that use of the vaccine might have link to mental retardation. The Republican from Minnesota told Fox News, There s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given that vaccine. ... She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result. There are very dangerous consequences. During the debate, Perry called the use of an executive order a mistake, but said he st stanley website ood by his support for the vaccine. He reiterated that position Wednesday, and described his personal connection to the fight against cancer. I hate this disease that impacted my family. My mom and my dad
