ACRU Files Amicus Brief in Alabama Voter ID Case

By |2018-04-11T10:57:09-04:00April 11th, 2018|

4/10: The ACRU filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill, arguing that the appeals court should hold that Alabama’s voter-ID law is permitted by the federal Voting Rights Act.

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Patrick L. McCrory, et al.

By |2020-04-23T21:59:43-04:00June 20th, 2016|

ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 20, 2016) — Opponents of North Carolina’s voter photo ID law wrongly sought to use an illegal interpretation of the Voting Rights Act to attack North Carolina’s election integrity law, the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) argues in a brief filed on June 16 at the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Regarding North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Patrick L. McCrory, et al., the brief, notes that a U.S. District Court rightly rejected the plaintiffs’ claim that the law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

In 2013, in Shelby County v. Holder, the U.S. Supreme […]

State of North Carolina, et al. v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al

By |2015-02-04T16:58:33-05:00February 4th, 2015|

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 4, 2015) — The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals was mistaken when it overruled a District Court’s opinion upholding a law reforming North Carolina’s voting process just before the 2014 election, the American Civil Rights Union argues in a brief filed Feb. 4, 2015 urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the state’s appeal.

READ THE AMICUS BRIEF HERE. (PDF 111KB)

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