Supreme Court orders review of voting rights rulings (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court on Monday sent two Voting Rights Act disputes back to lower courts for reconsideration after its April 29 decision in Louisiana v. Callais limited the reach of Section 2 protections in the civil rights-era law. One case involves a challenge brought by Native American tribes in North Dakota; the other involves Mississippi’s state legislative map. In the North Dakota case, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled that only the federal government, not voters or advocacy ...