Griffin: ‘This decision is a win for our citizens and sends a message that the rule of law governs in Arkansas’
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement regarding the denial by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit of en banc review of its previous decision in the case Arkansas State Conference NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment:
“Today’s decision denying the NAACP and ACLU’s petition for en banc review of the court’s November ruling reaffirms that only the United States may bring a claim under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“Arkansas’s redistricting process is done by Arkansans elected by their fellow Arkansans. This decision is a win for our citizens and sends a message that the rule of law governs in Arkansas.
“It is important to remember that even the Biden administration declined to side with the claims of the ACLU and NAACP in this suit. I thank Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni and Senior Assistant Solicitor General Asher Steinberg for their outstanding work on this matter.”
