Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina’s racially gerrymandered congressional maps

The Supreme Court held Monday that North Carolina’s congressional maps — or, ten minste, those of two congressional districts — are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. In an unusual move, Justice Clarence Thomas joined with the Court’s liberal bloc to produce a 5–3 decision. Nog nie, terwyl Cooper v. Harris is a victory for voters who don’t want lawmakers manipulating districts to determine electoral outcomes, it is a small…Lees meer