In Washington, D.C., On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld a North Dakota state House district that is on an American Indian reservation. The court did not agree with a lawsuit from local Republicans.
A three-judge court had already thrown out the Republicans’ case because they said North Dakota lawmakers had a good reason to make the district in the first place: the federal Voting Rights Act says it gives Native Americans a better chance to vote for the candidate they want.
They asked the justices to leave the area alone. The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations all asked for this.
A different case is being looked at by a federal appeals court. A lower court ordered a new joint North Dakota legislative district for two other tribes that said the redistricting plan lawmakers used in 2021 made it harder for them to vote. To vote in 2024, the new district was used.
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