Bismarck, ND (AP). The Federal Court of Appeal will not consider its decision redistribution case, which has received two American Indian tribes, where the North Dakota Publishing challenge is challenged, and the dispute may be directed to the US Supreme Court.
The case arose national interests in May, as a 2-1 decision announced in May, which was issued by the 8th US Regional Court of Appeal, which was abolished through the Federal Law on Voting Rights through the Federal Law on Voting Rights in accordance with the fundamental provision of the Federal Civil Rights Act. The tribes said that in 2021 The map violated the act by lightening their voting force and the ability to elect their candidates.
The Chamber said that only the US Department of Justice could bring such claims. This happened after 2023. Arkansas’ decision on the same track, which also argued that private individuals cannot apply to court in accordance with Sections 2 of the Law.
These rulings contradict decades of appeal courts in other federal constituencies, which have approved the rights of private individuals in accordance with section 2, creating a division that the Supreme Court may be sought. However, several of the Conservative judges of the Higher Court have recently shown interest that it would be difficult under the voting rights law, if not even possible, to file a redistribution of claims.
After the May decision, the Spirit Lake Tribe and the Turtle Mountain Band from the Chippewa Indians asked the Court of Appeal to repeat all 11 judges. 19 states general lawyers, numerous former lawyers of the US Justice Department, several voting rights historians and others have also asked to repeat.
However, in a decision on Thursday, the entire court denied the application by the local American Rights Fund and other groups representing tribes. Three judges said they would have given it, including District Chief Judge Steven Coloton, who disagreed with the previous order.
May The majority of the opinion stated that the law of tribal rights to court under the Law on Voting Rights would have had to “unequivocally” granted to private individuals or groups the right to do so.
Lenny Powell, a lawyer for the fund staff, said in a statement that the refusal to reconsider “wrongly restricts voters deprived of the gerkan redistribution map, which disputes the map.
Powell said Monday that tribes are now considering their legal capabilities.
Another group representing the tribes, the Campaign Legal Center, said the decision was contrary to the intention of Congress and decades of the Supreme Court of the Supreme Court, which confirms the power of the voters to execute the law in court for decades. ‘
Michael Howe, the Secretary of the North Dakota State, immediately did not respond to the request to comment on Monday.
The groups said they would continue to fight to ensure fair maps. North Dakota and Arkansas resolutions are only valid in the 8th constituency: Arkansas, Ajova, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Following the decision of Arkanz, Minnesota and other states moved to voting rights with state level protection to fill the growing gaps in the federal law.
The North Dakota tribes filed a lawsuit in 2022. In October last year, the panel of three judges heard appeal arguments after Michael Howe, the Secretary of the Republican State, appealed against a lower court in 2023. November The decision in favor of the tribes.
In this ruling, US district judge Peter Welte ordered the creation of a new area involving the reservations of both tribes, which are approximately 60 miles (97 kilometers). 2024. Voters elected members of both tribes, all Democrats, to the district Senate and two places of the house.
Republicans control the legislative authority of the North Dakota.
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Karnowski reported from Minneapolis.