The Supreme Court has sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel. Justices on Monday ordered a lower court to review the suit following a high court decision against similar claims of bias in a South Carolina redistricting case.
back to a three-judge panel, ordering it to review the suit in light of the high court’s decision against similar claims of bias in a redistricting case from South Carolina .
Residents of the district who sued over the map had appealed the panel’s decision to the Supreme Court., rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters. The South Carolina ruling prompted a dissent from liberal justices that the court was insulating states from claims of unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
Tim Griffin, Arkansas’ Republican attorney general, called Monday’s decision a procedural move that will require the lower court to apply the South Carolina decision. The lawsuit claimed the redrawn map violated the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act by moving thousands of predominantly Black voters out of the 2nd District. Those voters were split between the state’s 1st and 4th congressional districts.
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