U.S. Supreme Court Puts North Dakota Legislative Redistricting Case on November 21 Conference

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v Howe, 25-253, at its November 21 conference. This is a North Dakota legislative redistricting case. The Eighth Circuit had ruled that private organizations can’t file lawsuits under the federal Voting Rights Act, and that the lawsuit was therefore barred by procedure. This was a decision that contradicted decades of precedent ever since the act was passed in 1965.


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U.S. Supreme Court Puts North Dakota Legislative Redistricting Case on November 21 Conference — 6 Comments

  1. Depending on how the Alabama and Louisiana cases are decided, the underlying North Dakota case could be overturned. This would let the SCOTUS to avoid ruling on private organizations having standing.

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