Conservative SCOTUS Justices Give “OK” to Racial Gerrymander in South Carolina
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to allow racial gerrymandering in the South Carolina congressional maps to remain in place, on the dubious grounds that Republicans had inadvertently created the problem while trying to make a partisan gerrymander. In a 6-3 ruling along partisan lines, the conservative bloc of justices reversed a 2023 appellate court ruling that found Republicans...