‘Congress made the change non-retroactive. No matter how well-intentioned, the Policy Statement cannot change that,’ U.S. Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan wrote.
The justices ruled in May that the state should move forward with this year’s elections, but the court put off a decision on whether to hear the case until now.
A state law aims to remedy past discrimination but grants benefits based on applicant’s race without proof of actual discrimination, a group’s lawyer says.