Government,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feb. 7, 2019
Activist vows to appeal dismissal of Voting Rights Act challenge
Conservative litigation strategist Edward Blum, who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down key sections of the federal voting rights law, said he and his organization will appeal.
A federal judge dismissed a constitutional challenge to the California Voting Rights Act, designed to empower minority groups in local elections by requiring cities to switch from at-large to district voting in local elections.
However, conservative litigation strategist Edward Blum, who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down key sections of the federal voting rights law, said he and his organization, Project for Fair represe...
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