The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a lower federal court’s decision regarding a newly drawn congressional map in a significant state for the upcoming 2024 election.
The court voted 6-3 to reject an appeals court ruling that had claimed South Carolina’s congressional map was racially gerrymandered, as reported by the Washington Times.
The ruling supported the map that had been challenged by voter Taiwan Scott and the South Carolina NAACP, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and allied groups.
Republican state lawmakers had asked the high court to review a decision from a three-judge district court panel, which had instructed South Carolina to revise its 2022 congressional district map. Following a nine-day trial, a federal court had ruled that South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District had been drawn to weaken Black votes.
