The Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold, at least for now, a ruling by a federal appeals court that could limit the power of the Voting Rights Act. In […]

The Supreme Court blocked an appeals court ruling that would gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in a case brought by Native American tribes challenging a North Dakota legislative map.

This would eliminate the most common path people and civil rights groups use to sue under a key provision of the 60-year-old Voting Rights Act.