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Supreme Court Upholds South Carolina’s Redistricting, Rejecting Racial Gerrymander Claims

Supreme Court Upholds South Carolina’s Redistricting, Rejecting Racial Gerrymander Claims

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the congressional district lines in South Carolina, overturning a lower court’s ruling that deemed them an unlawful racial gerrymander. This decision marks a victory for Republican mapmakers who asserted that politics, not race, was the primary factor in redrawing the district boundaries. The 6-3 ruling reversed the three-judge district […]