[image: ND-VRA-Section-2-Callais-8th-Circuit-Vacates-Native-American-Majority-Minority-District-20260805.png] *American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Aug. 5, 2026* Timely to Sept. 30, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court’s Callais decision has crippled the 1965 Voting Rights Act Section 2, allowing state legislatures to erase formerly court-mandated majority minority voting districts. African American districts were devastated, but the Eighth Circuit just vacated a previously-upheld fair map for Native American voters in North Dakota.
🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/08/04/the-supreme-courts-callais-decision-likely-to-take-down-another-majority-minority-district-this-time-impacting-native-americans/
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In greater Concord, NH hear ADM on www.WNHNFM.org/live <www.wnhnfm.org/live> just before 11 AM Eastern M-F, or ask your smart speaker to “Play the American Democracy Minute Podcast.” Tags: 8th Circuit, American Democracy, Minute, Democracy News, Democracy Podcasts, Eighth Circuit, Gerrymandering, Legislature, Louisiana v Callais, News, news updates, North Dakota, NPR, Pacifica, Private Right of Action, PRX, Racial Discrimination, redistricting, SCOTUS, Section 2, Spirit Lake Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band, U.S. Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act![]()
🎧 𝟗𝟎-𝐒𝐞𝐜. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 📣 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬
www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/08/04/the-supreme-courts-callais-decision-likely-to-take-down-another-majority-minority-district-this-time-impacting-native-americans/
📻 Broadcast File: Pacifica Radio Network’s Audioport <audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&> and PRX <exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute>
In greater Concord, NH hear ADM on www.WNHNFM.org/live <www.wnhnfm.org/live> just before 11 AM Eastern M-F, or ask your smart speaker to “Play the American Democracy Minute Podcast.” Tags: 8th Circuit, American Democracy, Minute, Democracy News, Democracy Podcasts, Eighth Circuit, Gerrymandering, Legislature, Louisiana v Callais, News, news updates, North Dakota, NPR, Pacifica, Private Right of Action, PRX, Racial Discrimination, redistricting, SCOTUS, Section 2, Spirit Lake Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band, U.S. Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act