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A theory recently adopted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit says that only the government, not voters and other private parties, can sue to enforce the provision. 1.000

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Simplified: The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals says only the government can sue to enforce Section 2.

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That would make it easy, he said, to draw completely Republican maps in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and elsewhere. 0.800

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Simplified: Eliminating minority-opportunity districts would make it easy to draw completely Republican maps in several states.

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Holding Section 2 unconstitutional could be a boon for Republicans, said Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a law professor at Harvard, as it would allow states to eliminate minority-opportunity districts altog... 0.800

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Simplified: Nicholas Stephanopoulos said holding Section 2 unconstitutional could benefit Republicans by allowing states to eliminate minority-opportunity distric...

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That happens, the provision goes on, when racial minorities have less opportunity to elect representatives of their choice than other voters. 1.000

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Simplified: Denial of voting rights happens when racial minorities have less opportunity to elect representatives.

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Section 2 bars any voting procedure that “results in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race.” 1.000

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Simplified: Section 2 bars any voting procedure that denies or abridges the right to vote on account of race.

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The question was a doozy, asking the parties to file supplemental briefs on whether Louisiana’s “intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fi... 1.000

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Simplified: The question asked if Louisiana's creation of a second majority-minority district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments.

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In their order in June in the new case from Louisiana, the justices said they would pose additional questions “in due course.” 1.000

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Simplified: In June the justices said they would pose additional questions in due course in the Louisiana case.

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They chose the evening of Friday, Aug. 1 to do so. 1.000

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Simplified: The justices chose the evening of Friday Aug 1 to pose additional questions.

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That decision, which allowed unlimited campaign spending by corporations and unions, overturned two precedents and struck down part of a bipartisan 2002 law that sought to limit the role of money in p... 1.000

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Simplified: Citizens United allowed unlimited campaign spending overturned two precedents and struck down part of a 2002 law.

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Such re-arguments are rare, and they can signal that the court is about to convert a routine case into a blockbuster. 0.800

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Simplified: Re-arguments are rare and can signal the court is about to convert a routine case into a blockbuster.

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In 2009, for instance, the court called for a second argument in the Citizens United campaign finance case, turning a minor and quirky case about a movie few had seen into a judicial landmark. 1.000

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Simplified: In 2009 the court called for a second argument in Citizens United turning a minor case into a judicial landmark.

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In an unsigned order in June, the court said it would hear a second argument in the case in the term starting in October. 1.000

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Simplified: In June the court said it would hear a second argument in the case in the term starting in October.

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A lower courts said race had played too large a role in the process, while the state said lawmakers had been motivated by permissible partisan politics. 0.900

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Simplified: Lower courts said race played too large a role while the state said lawmakers were motivated by partisan politics.

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On the last day of the Supreme Court term in June, the justices announced that they would not immediately decide a case from Louisiana testing voting maps that included two majority Black districts to... 1.000

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Simplified: In June the justices announced they would not immediately decide a Louisiana case testing voting maps with two majority Black districts.

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“Section 2 is permanent, applies nationwide and is not at issue in this case,” the chief justice wrote. 1.000

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Simplified: Chief Justice wrote Section 2 is permanent applies nationwide and is not at issue in this case.

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That part of the law allowed for after-the-fact challenges to voting maps that unlawfully diluted minority voting power. 1.000

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Simplified: Section 2 allowed after-the-fact challenges to voting maps that diluted minority voting power.

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But Chief Justice Roberts, again writing for the majority, said the main remaining tool in the Voting Rights Act, its Section 2, remained available. 1.000

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Simplified: Chief Justice Roberts said Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act remained available.

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For nearly 50 years, the central provision of the law imposed federal supervision on states with a history of discrimination, requiring advance approval from the Justice Department or a federal court... 0.900

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Simplified: For nearly 50 years the law's central provision imposed federal supervision on states with a history of discrimination requiring advance approval for...

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The court effectively eliminated that part of the law — its Section 5 — in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder, by a 5 to 4 vote. 1.000

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Simplified: The court eliminated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 in Shelby County v Holder by a 5 to 4 vote.

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It was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship, though race and political affiliations are often hard to untangle. 0.900

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Simplified: The Voting Rights Act concerns discrimination against minority voters not partisanship.

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