The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to reverse a lower court's decision that said a South Carolina redistricting map was unconstitutional, rejecting the idea that it was racially discriminatory.
The Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional ... to redraw its congressional map after groups argued it violated the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.
By Matthew Cullen The Supreme Court’s conservative majority cleared the way today for South Carolina to keep using ... all but impossible to challenge voting maps as racial gerrymanders.
Back in the U.S., the Supreme Court on Thursday approved a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court previously ruled was racially gerrymandered and constituted a “bleaching of African ...
South Carolina already held its presidential primary. All 170 seats in the South Carolina state legislature — 124 in the House and 46 in the Senate — are also up for grabs this year. But, not every ...
The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting ... Thursday for South Carolina to keep using a congressional map that a lower ...
State lawmakers who approved the map said the changes were driven by political party, not race. The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the use of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court ...
The Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday ... such as to comply with statutes ensuring equal voting rights,” Kagan wrote. “Go ahead, though you ...
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court made it harder on Thursday to prove racial discrimination in electoral maps in a major ruling backing South Carolina Republicans who moved out ...