Private citizens in seven states no longer have a legal path to sue under a key section of the Voting Rights Act, under a ...

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision overturned a 2023 decision by a North Dakota federal judge that found the ...

A federal appeals court has blocked one of the remaining means for civil rights activists to seek enforcement of voting ...

The latest ruling reversed a legal victory for two tribal nations in North Dakota that challenged a legislative redistricting plan. The ruling shuts off a route to Section 2 of the Voting Rights ...

North Dakota and South Dakota. “These decisions together at the moment mean that no one can sue under the Voting Rights Act in the seven states that comprise the 8th Circuit, other than the U.S ...