Supreme Court briefing complete on appeal of North Dakota redistricting case

Walen v. Burgum was decided before a three-judge panel and is on appeal to the Supreme Court. It involves the interaction of the Equal Protection Clause and racial gerrymandering with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the drawing of majority-Native American districts in North Dakota. The district court found the maps were permissible. Of some note, an amicus brief some several states led by Alabama support the appeal here. And Cooper and Kirk (the law firm that represented the North Carolina legislators in Moore v. Harper) is representing North Dakota here. Briefing is now complete. If the Court takes the appeal, it will likely be on the docket for argument in the late fall. For more on the case, here’s All About Redistricting on it.

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