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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Supreme Court to rule in Alabama redistricting cases

Supreme Court to rule in Alabama redistricting cases
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] on Monday granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in two cases challenging Alabama's redistricting [JURIST backgrounder] plans, consolidating them for one hour of oral argument. In Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama [docket; jurisdictional statement, PDF], the court limited the grant to question 1: 1(a). Whether, as the dissenting Judge concluded, this effort amounted to an unconstitutional racial quota and racial gerrymandering that is subject to strict scrutiny and that was not justified by the... [more].

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