The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority upheld a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that found the district discriminated against Black voters. In dissent, liberal justices warned that the decision insulated states from claims of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
The 6-3 decision determined that South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature acted appropriately during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nancy Mace’s hold on the coastal district by moving 30,000 Democratic-leaning Black residents of Charleston out of the district.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund criticized the ruling, stating, “The highest court in our land greenlit racial discrimination in South Carolina’s redistricting process.”
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