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The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Republicans to Get Away With Racial Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court had previously found diluted the power of Black voters. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court’s conservative supermajority wrote that “the Challengers provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander, and their circumstantial evidence is very weak.” The court’s ruling protects the seat of GOP Rep.

 

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