Redistricting

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses GOP-drawn legislative maps in major redistricting case

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Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses GOP-drawn legislative maps in major redistricting case

The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn, siding with Democrats in a redistricting case that they hope will weaken GOP majorities. The ruling comes less than a year before the 2024 election in a battleground state where four of the six past … Read more

Supreme Court seems skeptical of finding that South Carolina congressional district was racial gerrymander

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Supreme Court seems skeptical of finding that South Carolina congressional district was racial gerrymander

Washington — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism Wednesday with a lower court’s finding that a congressional district in South Carolina was racially gerrymandered in violation of the Constitution as it weighed a case that tested the disentangling of racial and political motivations for drawing voting lines. The justices spent much of the two-hour … Read more