Partisan Aims Cannot Excuse Racial Gerrymandering
Briefly

Party and race have been intricately intertwined in redistricting, with race and party many times serving as a proxy for the other.
The Court has long acknowledged in previous cases that when race and party are closely aligned, using race to achieve a partisan aim is prohibited.
The Alexander case presents an opportunity for the Court to affirm its precedent that race cannot predominate in order to achieve a partisan aim...
Read at Southern Coalition for Social Justice
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