Private Lawsuits Threaten Section 2

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Georgia attorney general backs limits on use of federal Voting Rights Act

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Of 182 successful Section 2 cases over the past 40 years , only 15 were filed solely by the U.S. attorney general.

Republican attorneys general argue Congress never explicitly authorized private lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act .

Republicans argue Congress could have authorized such lawsuits, but it didn’t.

The question first arose in 2021 , when Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch raised the issue in a voting rights case in which no one had argued private lawsuits aren’t allowed.

A federal judge in Arkansas ruled Black voters could not challenge state legislative districts under Section 2 .

Now Carr and other Republican attorneys general are making the same arguments in the Georgia case.

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