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Nonilex Mar 28, 2024

#SouthCarolina to use #CongressionalMap deemed #unconstitutional
 #SCOTUS heard arguments on the redistricting case in Oct but has yet to rule🤬, essentially running out the clock for the #2024election.  A #federal #court ruled Thurs that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in #SC & said the state could use its existing map even though it had earlier determined that map was unconstitutional.

#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/28/south-carolina-redistricting-2024-election/

South Carolina latest state to use congressional map deemed illegal

The Supreme Court heard arguments on the redistricting case in October but has yet to rule, essentially running out the clock for this year’s election.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex Mar 28, 2024

The panel of 3 judges last year concluded that #SouthCarolina’s #Republican-led #legislature “exiled” 30k #BlackVoters from the district to make it safer for a #White #GOP incumbent, Rep #NancyMace. 
#SC appealed, & both sides asked #SCOTUS to expedite the case to ensure a final ruling was in place well ahead of #election season. The justices heard arguments in October but have yet to rule.

#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter #RepresentationMatters #VoteBlue

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Nonilex Mar 28, 2024

W/ no decision & the June 11 primary on the horizon, #SouthCarolina sought to use the map this yr even tho it had been deemed #unconstitutional. The panel unanimously agreed Thurs to keep the map in place for the #2024election.

It noted courts typically don’t allow maps to be used once found to be invalid. “But w/the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before #SCOTUS still pending, & no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical,” the judges wrote.
#law

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Nonilex

Last yr the panel…found the map illegally split neighborhoods in the #Charleston area to make #NancyMace’s race easier. The new lines constituted a #RacialGerrymander that “exiled >30k African American citizens from their previous district,” the panel found.
 In arguments before #SCOTUS in Oct, attys for #SouthCarolina argued that lawmakers had not relied on race to draw maps in violation of the #Constitution. Rather, they used #political info to decide…, they said.

#law #BlackVotesMatter

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Nonilex Mar 28, 2024

During arguments, a majority of the #SupremeCourt appeared inclined to reinstate the lines the state had wanted. 5 months later, the justices have yet to rule. Both sides had asked the justices to rule by Jan. 
By hanging onto the case, #SCOTUS effectively allowed the clock to run out for the #2024election.

#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter #RepresentationMatters #VoteBlue