Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Harris
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 22, 2017No. 15–1262PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kagan
The Constitution entrusts States with the job of designing congressional districts. But it also imposes an important constraint: A State may not use race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines unless it has a compelling reason. In this case, a three-judge District Court ruled that North Carolina officials violated that bar when they created two districts whose voting-age populations were majority black. Applying a deferential standard of review to the factual findings underlying that decision, we affirm.
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The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment limits racial…
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