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Supreme Court hands Virginia Democrats a win in gerrymandering case
The Supreme Court’s action let stand a 2018 ruling by a federal three-judge panel that the 11 districts all violated the rights of black voters to equal protection under the law under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
I'll always applaud when partisan gerrymandering suffers a defeat. Far too often it's purpose is clearly to disenfranchise a particular voting bloc/demographic in order to maintain political control.
Related: U.S. Supreme Court spurns Virginia Republicans in racial gerrymandering case
The Supreme Court’s action let stand a 2018 ruling by a federal three-judge panel that the 11 districts all violated the rights of black voters to equal protection under the law under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
6/17/19
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Virginia House of Delegates in a racial gerrymandering case that represents a victory for Democrats in the state. In the 5-4 ruling, the justices found that the House didn't have the standing to appeal a lower court ruling that found that the new district maps must be used ahead of statewide elections later this year. Those new maps are already in use. Democrats had claimed that previous districts were unlawful because they featured too many black voters, diminishing their power across the state and in other districts.
Democrats had claimed that previous districts were unlawful because they featured too many black voters, diminishing their power across the state and in other districts. Virginia House Democrats celebrated the ruling in a statement Monday, calling it "a major win for voting rights and civil rights in our Commonwealth.” "House Republicans have spent millions of taxpayer dollars defending racial gerrymandering in a protracted legal battle - a battle in which they lacked legal standing," House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn and Caucus Chairwoman Charniele Herring said in a joint statement. "Finally, Virginians in the affected districts have the assurance that they will vote in constitutional districts in this year’s election."
I'll always applaud when partisan gerrymandering suffers a defeat. Far too often it's purpose is clearly to disenfranchise a particular voting bloc/demographic in order to maintain political control.
Related: U.S. Supreme Court spurns Virginia Republicans in racial gerrymandering case