Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina, saying the newly drawn state House maps discriminate against Black people by diluting their voting power and again saying lawmakers are taking too ...
South Carolina’s new congressional districts perpetuate the state’s “persistent legacy of discrimination against Black voters” in violation of the U.S. Constitution and must be redrawn, an amended ...
Lawyers for the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP will argue in court this week that the state’s new congressional map discriminates against Black voters and must be redrawn. A trial over the map, ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday released an alternative plan to the congressional redistricting map that further splits the state’s first ...
A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year’s congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and discriminatory against Black ...
South Carolina voters attend a rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 11. A divided court has overturned a lower court ruling that found South Carolina had discriminated against ...
South Carolina can use a congressional map that critics claimed is racially discriminatory, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, overturning a district court that struck the map down—though the ruling ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal judges ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, ruling Friday that the U.S. House district lines of a seat flipped by Democrats four years ago ...
A trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal closes Tuesday with arguments over whether the state Legislature diluted Black voting power by remaking the boundaries of the ...
Texas and South Carolina Republicans are considering redrawing congressional maps outside of the typical census cycle. Mid-cycle redistricting is rare and usually only happens when a court invalidates ...