Motion to Stay Filed After U.S. District Court of Appeals Stripped Voters of Fair Representation

Motion to stay filed after U.S. District Court of Appeals stripped voters of fair representation

BISMARCK, ND – A Washington, D.C., based nonpartisan legal organization says they’ve filed a motion to stay a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit regarding fair representation. The plaintiffs in the motion are the Turtle Mountain Ban of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Tribe and individuals Wesley Davis, Zachery King and Collette Brown – and represented by multiple co-counsel, including the Campaign Legal Center. The defend…

North Dakota tribes to take voting disenfranchisement lawsuit to US Supreme Court

FARGO — North Dakota tribes will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether state lawmakers disenfranchised Native American voters. The Campaign Legal Center announced Wednesday, July 9, that it will ask the highest court in the country to review an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that blocked tribes and voters from filing Voting Rights Act lawsuits. The center represents the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake Nation and s…