Supreme Court Backs GOP’s South Carolina Congressional Map
- Court votes 6-3 along ideological lines in redistricting case
- Ruling will boost Republicans in battle to control US House
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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The US Supreme Court upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map in South Carolina, rejecting claims of racial gerrymandering and boosting the GOP in the fight to control the House for the rest of the decade.
Voting 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices overturned a lower court’s finding that lawmakers unconstitutionally relied on race when they drew what is now a Republican-held district. The high court majority said the challengers hadn’t shown that race was the driving factor, rather than permissible partisan considerations.