Bandemer v. Davis

I concur in the majority’s conclusion that defendants, by designing and implementing the present redistricting plan, did not discriminate against NAACP plaintiffs in violation of either the Fifteenth Amendment or section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. I dissent, however, from the majority’s decision that defendants violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by drawing a redistricting plan that diluted Bandemer plaintiffs’ and NAACP plaintiffs’ voting strength as Democrats. Because I dissent from the majority’s determination that defendants’ plan constituted an…