{"id":2466449,"date":"2025-07-24T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-pauses-ruling-limiting-voting-rights-act-challenges-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T20:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:39:20","slug":"supreme-court-pauses-ruling-limiting-voting-rights-act-challenges-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-pauses-ruling-limiting-voting-rights-act-challenges-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court pauses ruling limiting Voting Rights Act challenges &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-pauses-ruling-limiting-voting-rights-act-challenges-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2466449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily halted a lower court ruling that restricted private individuals from suing over possible violations of the Voting Rights Act.This pause applies to a case involving Native American groups challenging North Dakota&#8217;s state legislative maps. The Eighth Circuit Court had ruled that private parties cannot contest such maps under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, siding with the state. The Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 decision to stay this ruling allows the Native American groups to petition for a full hearing in the upcoming term. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissented without giving reasons. This development coincides with the Court preparing to revisit another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-state-republicans-launch-new-ad-campaign-targeting-democrats-gerrymandering\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: ... Republicans Launch New Ad Campaign Targeting Democrats, Gerrymandering\">voting rights case<\/a> concerning Louisiana&#8217;s redistricting plans, which had been delayed after last term&#8217;s arguments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court pauses ruling limiting Voting Rights Act challenges<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2181094\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Supreme Court\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday paused a lower court ruling limiting the ability of private individuals to bring lawsuits over potential violations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Voting Rights Act\">Voting Rights Act<\/a>. The case could be heard by the justices on the merits in the coming term.<\/p>\n<p>The justices stayed a ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit regarding a challenge to North Dakota&rsquo;s state legislative maps from Native American groups. The ruling, which favored the state, said that private parties could not challenge state legislative maps under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The 6-3 ruling from the Supreme Court paused that ruling while the Native American groups filed a petition for the high court to take on the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3480260\/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-fire-three-dem-appointed-cpsc-members\/\">Supreme Court allows Trump to fire three Dem-appointed CPSC members<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3478689\/trump-agency-head-firings-continued-legal-fights\/\">Trump faces continued legal fights over firing independent agency heads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3464932\/conservatives-lawsuits-trump-administration-trade-higher-education-legal-ethics\/\">When the Right sues the Right: Why conservative lawyers are challenging Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The unsigned order on Thursday did not elaborate on the justices&rsquo; reasoning. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the order granting the stay, but did not elaborate on their reasoning either.<\/p>\n<p>The Native American groups, in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A62\/365202\/20250715111945452_Turtle%20Mountain%20v.%20Howe%20Stay%20Application.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"application\">application<\/a> to the high court asking for the stay, argued the Eight Circuit&rsquo;s ruling knee-caped &ldquo;Congress&rsquo;s most important civil rights statute,&rdquo; while arguing the ruling that found no private right to challenge legislative maps under Section 2 upended &ldquo;sixty years of practice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The order regarding a challenge to the Voting Rights Act comes as the high court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3456028\/supreme-court-louisiana-gerrymandering-map-racial-redistricting-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"will again hear arguments\">will again hear arguments<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >redistricting case involving<\/a> the state of Louisiana&rsquo;s maps in the upcoming term.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3480260\/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-fire-three-dem-appointed-cpsc-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP TO FIRE THREE DEM-APPOINTED CPSC MEMBERS \">SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP TO FIRE THREE DEM-APPOINTED CPSC MEMBERS <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana case centers on the legality of state lawmakers creating a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-barone-in-systemically-racist-america-lots-of-whites-vote-for-blacks\/\" title=\"Michael Barone: In \u201cSystemically Racist\u201d America, Lots of Whites Vote for Blacks\">majority-black congressional district<\/a> in the state in a bid to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit brought by non-black voters argued the state violated the Equal Protection Clause by favoring race as a factor over other criteria, including compactness and geography, when making the map.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court heard arguments during the last term, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3456028\/supreme-court-louisiana-gerrymandering-map-racial-redistricting-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"punted\">punted<\/a> on a decision last month and opted to rehear arguments in the upcoming term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2181094\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2181094\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court halts ruling restricting Voting Rights Act lawsuits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2466450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/supreme-court-outside-june-2025-file-photo-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36794,32275,32570,37296,32076],"class_list":["post-2466449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-legal-ruling","tag-supreme-court","tag-voting-rights","tag-voting-rights-act","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/supreme-court-outside-june-2025-file-photo-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2466449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2466453,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2466449\/revisions\/2466453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2466449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2466449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2466449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}