La Corte Suprema devuelve casos de derechos electorales de Mississippi y Dakota del Norte

El lunes, la Corte Suprema emitió dos órdenes sin explicación devolviendo casos de derechos electorales de Mississippi y Dakota del Norte a tribunales inferiores para su reconsideración. Estas decisiones siguen al reciente fallo del tribunal en el caso Louisiana contra Callais, que reconfiguró la Sección 2 de la Ley de Derechos Electorales. La jueza Ketanji Brown Jackson presentó votos particulares en contra de ambas órdenes.

Las órdenes enviaron los casos de vuelta para su revisión a la luz de la decisión sobre el caso Callais tomada el mes pasado. Tanto en el asunto de Mississippi como en el de Dakota del Norte, los tribunales inferiores habían abordado denuncias de discriminación racial en los mapas de distritos presentadas por votantes particulares y grupos como la NAACP. Los estados habían argumentado que solo el Departamento de Justicia, y no partes privadas, puede hacer cumplir las disposiciones clave de la Ley de Derechos Electorales.

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