The justices, without any noted dissent, rejected the state’s plea to retain Republican-drawn lines that were turned down by a lower court.
In refusing to intervene, the high court allowed a court-appointed special master’s work to continue. On Monday, that would create a second congressional district where Black voters comprise a majority of the voting age population or close to it.
A second district with a Democratic-leaning Black majority could send another Democrat to Congress at a time when Republicans hold in the House of Representatives. Federal lawsuits over state and congressional districts also are pending in Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. By contrast, the district drafted by GOP lawmakers and unanimously rejected by the three judges had a Black voting-age population of 39.9%, meaning it would continue to elect mostly white Republicans, according to data simulations run by those challenging the Republican plan.
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