Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district | WJHL
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 23, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that said the district discriminated against Black voters.
The justices said the Republican-controlled state legislature did nothing wrong during redistricting when it strengthened Rep. Nancy Mace’s hold on the coastal district by moving 30,000 Democratic-leaning Black residents of Charleston out of the district.
The state argued that partisan politics, not race, and a population boom in coastal areas explain the congressional map.
A lower court had ordered South Carolina . . .
