LESS THAN 25 YEARS AGO THE 1993 RULING, Shaw v. Reno Called Into Question legislative Redistricting PLANS that CREATES districts likely to elect a member of a minority group. The sharply divided Court RULED 5-4 THAT North Carolinas 12th Congressional District, which gave the state its first African American member of Congress since Reconstruction, was so bizarrely shaped that it could violate the rights of white voters.Such bizarre districts, the majority suggested, could Trigger Strict Scrutiny EVEN THOUGH white voters could Demonstrate NO Specific Harm to themselves. IN OTHER WORDS, An individual white voter could CHALLENGE a Redistricting Decision BY Simply ALLEGING that race was a Decisionmaking Factor in drawing district lines. Even absent evidence that the white plaintiffs ability to participate had been impaired or that their votes had been diluted. PAY ATTENTION!
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:06:26 +0000
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