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.

Edward Blum

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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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government

Feb. 7, 2019

Activist vows to appeal dismissal of Voting Rights Act challenge

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