Supreme Court upholds S.C. election maps gerrymandering Black voters out of competitive district
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/23/south-carolina-election-map-supreme-court-decision-gerrymandering/
South Carolina election maps that moved Black voters out of a competitive congressional district are legal, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In a 6-3 decision, the nation’s highest court overturned a federal court decision that ruled the maps were unconstitutional and violated the 14th Amendment. The court split along ideological lines, with the six conservatives comprising the majority while the three liberals dissented.
“The challengers provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander, and their circumstantial evidence is very weak,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion. “Instead the challengers relied on deeply flawed expert reports.”
South Carolina’s 1st District, currently represented by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, was hotly contested during the 2020 election, and Mace won it by 1%. But in 2022, after the district was redrawn, she cruised to reelection by 14%.
Alito is on a mission. The Court must be expanded