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Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay

  • Written by Claire B. Wofford, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
imageA recent Supreme Court decision is sparking a major push for partisan redistricting.Douglas Rissing, iStock/Getty Images Plus

The outrage was swift and severe when the U.S. Supreme Court, by an ideologically divided 6-3 vote, recently struck down Louisiana’s majority Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander....

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