In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court issued a decision that reversed a federal trial court’s unanimous finding that Congressional District 1 in South Carolina’s 2022 map is unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
“CD1, as drawn, is racially discriminatory. Black voters were harmed in service of the majority party entrenching itself in power in CD1. To avoid that reality, the majority of the Supreme Court issued a disgraceful decision today.”
That was Leah Aden with the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund (LDF) reacting to the decision in Alexander v. South Carolina. The LDF says the ruling disregards historical deference to trial court findings and increases the evidentiary burden for plaintiffs proving racial discrimination in voting.
The decision, they say, is a setback for Black voters, and effectively sanctions racial discrimination in South Carolina’s redistricting, undermining Black voters’ rights.
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