Justices Reject 2 Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts, Citing Racial Bias
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down two North Carolina congressional districts, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them.
The court rejected arguments from state lawmakers that their purpose in drawing the maps was not race discrimination but partisan advantage.
Election law experts said the ruling would make it easier to challenge voting districts based partly on partisan affiliations and partly on race.
“This will lead to many more successful racial gerrymandering cases in the American South and elsewhere,” said Richard L. Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine.
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