No. 23-890

Lower Court: N/A

Docketed: 2024-02-20

Status: Denied

Type: Paid

Response Waived

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Latest Conference: 2024-04-12

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements
(52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
(52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) by authorizing coverage
and enforcement without requiring assessment of
individual need to direct "remedial devices" for only
certain language minority group members is unconstitutional as discriminatory to excluded classes of
Non-Native English Language citizens based on race
and national origin, violating Articles I, II, IV, and
Amendments V, XIV, XV and XXIV of the United States
Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Bilingual Election Requirements (52 U.S.C. §10503) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. §10301, et. sec.) are unconstitutional