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Eighth Circuit ruling puts 2021 maps back in play while appeals proceed
Summary
Legislative Council staff told Legislative Management that a May 14 Eighth Circuit opinion vacating district court redistricting relief will revert legislative boundaries to the maps enacted by the Legislature in 2021 if the ruling stands.
Legislative Council staff told Legislative Management on June 26 that a May 14 Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe removed a private right of action to enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in that case and vacated the district court’s redistricting remedy.
Austin Gunderson, legislative council staff, explained that the panel’s judgment remands the case to the district court with instructions to dismiss for lack of a private cause of action, which—if the ruling becomes final—would mean the…
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