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Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Critics lambasted the court for gutting the Voting Rights Act, the federal law that
Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston, Jordan Ragusa