'Today's move by the court reinforces that legislatures do not have a ‘free pass’ to violate protections against partisan gerrymandering when drawing districts that undeniably hurt voters.' scsj
While North Carolina and Pennsylvania will use evenly-split electoral maps for the midterm elections, the court's right-wing majority appeared eager to rule further on whether state courts can reject partisan maps.Voting rights advocates in North Carolina and Pennsylvania celebrated a victory late Monday after the U.S.
Voting rights groups argued that state Republicans who asked the Supreme Court to block the use of the new map were violating state laws against partisan redistricting. While rejecting state Republicans' demand that the court step in to block the use of the new map, the justices