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Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district

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The courts ruling, which is expected by late June or early July, could have significant implications not only for Louisiana but also for other states attempting to balance compliance with the Voting Rights Act and redistricting. The disputes path to the Supreme Court on Monday was a circuitous one. Aguinaga insisted that it was.

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Muscogee Creek Nation files lawsuit against Oklahoma city for breaches of tribal sovereignty in traffic enforcement

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The nation asserts that the city lacks criminal jurisdiction over Native Americans on the tribe’s lands without express congressional authorization, as per the 2020 US Supreme Court case McGirt v. The Muscogee Creek Tribe is originally from an area straddling the border between what is now Georgia and Alabama.

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SCOTUS Upholds Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Alabama Redistricting Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that challengers showed a reasonable likelihood of success on their claim that an Alabama Congressional redistricting plan likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In reaching its decision, the Court confirmed that the Voting Rights Act prohibits discriminatory effects, not just discriminatory intent.

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North Carolina rights groups file lawsuit against state redistricting plans

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Under the Supreme Court decision Allen v. The action against North Carolina is not the only ongoing voting rights litigation in the country. Rights groups have recently challenged redistricting maps in Georgia , Tennessee , North Dakota , Louisiana , Alabama , and South Carolina.

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Justices to review long-simmering dispute over gambling on tribal lands in Texas

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In 1968, Congress transferred the federal government’s trust responsibility for the Pueblo to the state of Texas, following a similar action it had taken in 1954 for a much larger reservation held by the Alabama-Coushatta in East Texas. Three provisions of the Restoration Act are relevant.

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Guest Post: The Caselaw Access Project — Then, Now, Tomorrow

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We’d all been working for over a year on a contract that would make it possible, someday in the future, for everyone to have free and open access to all the official court decisions ever published in the United States. state and federal court decisions representing the bulk of our nation’s common law. This was not easy.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S. Here are the additions to the U.S. Pritzker , Nos.