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In the Spirit of Jurisprudence,
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina’s racially gerrymandered congressional maps
A small victory, but better than the alternative
The Supreme Court held Monday that North Carolina’s congressional maps — or, at least, those of two congressional districts — are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. In an unusual move, Justice Clarence Thomas joined with the Court’s liberal bloc to produce a 5–3 decision ...
https://thinkprogress.org/supreme-court-strikes-down-nc-gerrymandering-aca2d63fbc80
CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Louisiana lawmakers vote to make it harder to remove Confederate monuments
Ian Millhiser
Justice Editor, ThinkProgress. Author of Injustices: SCOTUS’ History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted imillhiser@thinkprogress.org
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In the Spirit of Jurisprudence,
Supreme Court strikes down North Carolina’s racially gerrymandered congressional maps
A small victory, but better than the alternative
The Supreme Court held Monday that North Carolina’s congressional maps — or, at least, those of two congressional districts — are unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. In an unusual move, Justice Clarence Thomas joined with the Court’s liberal bloc to produce a 5–3 decision ...
https://thinkprogress.org/supreme-court-strikes-down-nc-gerrymandering-aca2d63fbc80
CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Louisiana lawmakers vote to make it harder to remove Confederate monuments
Ian Millhiser
Justice Editor, ThinkProgress. Author of Injustices: SCOTUS’ History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted imillhiser@thinkprogress.org
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