US Supreme Court says South Carolina congressional district not result of racial gerrymandering

US Supreme Court says South Carolina congressional district not result of racial gerrymandering

US Supreme Court says South Carolina congressional district not result of racial gerrymandering

The court ruled 6-3 with the liberal justices dissenting.

ByDevin Dwyer

May 23, 2024, 10:21 AM

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a newly-drawn South Carolina congressional district, reversing a lower court decision that had struck it down as product of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.

    Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court in a 6-3 ruling from which the liberal justices dissented, said, "The District Court clearly erred because the Challengers did not satisfy the demanding burden of showing that the 'legislature subordinated traditional race-neutral districting principles . . . to racial considerations.'"

    "The Challengers provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander and their circumstantial evidence is very weak," he added.

    MORE: SCOTUS hears case over alleged 'bleaching' to exclude Black voters in South Carolina

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