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Supreme Court pauses ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act (www.scotusblog.com)

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

court of appeals now held that private plaintiffs – such as the tribes and the Native American voters – cannot rely on federal civil rights laws to bring claims alleging violations of Section 2.

Weird, I would have thought of the tribes as governmental entities, not a private plaintiff.