Supreme Court Mystery: North Dakota Challenges Its Own Redistricting Victory
Two Republican activists want the minority-majority subdistricts reversed, while the state wants the subdistricts upheld but without race-based justifications.
Observers are scratching their heads after Republican-dominated North Dakota recently took the unusual step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a redistricting lawsuit it won.
The Department of Justice has yet to weigh in on the appeal. On June 10, the Supreme Court asked the Biden administration to file a brief expressing its views on the case.
