Wow: 11th Circuit Rejects State of Alabama's Argument That Congress Did Not Intend to Allow Private Litigants to Be Able to Sue for Violation of Section 2 of the VRA, But Judge Branch Remarkably Dissents - Election Law Blog

Wow: 11th Circuit Rejects State of Alabama’s Argument That Congress Did Not Intend to Allow Private Litigants to Be Able to Sue for Violation of Section 2 of the VRA, But Judge Branch Remarkably Dissents

Crazy news on the 150th anniversary of the Fifteenth Amendment. States ordinarily have sovereign immunity against lawsuits without their consent. But Congress has the power to “abrogate” (or eliminate) that immunity through a statute. For decades, it has been unquestioned … Continue reading Wow: 11th Circuit Rejects State of Alabama’s Argument That Congress Did Not Intend to Allow Private Litigants to Be Able to Sue for Violation of Section 2 of the VRA, But Judge Branch Remarkably Dissents