LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that "prevents individuals from suing to enforce" the Voting Rights Act (VRA).

Nessel joined 22 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe, which seeks to defend Section 2 of the VRA. This provision protects voters from racial discrimination.

In 2022, voters and two tribes filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the VRA challenging North Dakota’s recently enacted legislative map. Following the trial, a district court found that the map diluted Native Americans’ votes, making it nearly impossible for them to have an electoral effect.

However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed this

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