Supreme Court Ruling Smacks Down North Carolina's Racial Gerrymandering

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 23/05/2017 - 5:03am

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (pdf) Monday that race predominated the Republican redrawing of two of North Carolina's congressional districts.

"This is a watershed moment in the fight to end racial gerrymandering," said National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) chairman Eric Holder, the former attorney general. "North Carolina's maps were among the worst racial gerrymanders in the nation."