“South Carolina to hold 2024 congressional elections with map previously ruled unconstitutional”
“COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — 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 voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision on the case by the Supreme Court.”
“In an order, a panel of three federal judges from South Carolina wrote that “with the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical.”
“Last year, a three-judge panel — the same that issued Thursday’s order — concluded that South Carolina’s Legislature “exiled” 30,000 Democratic-leaning Black voters from the 1st District to help safeguard Mace. The state appealed that ruling, and the Supreme Court heard arguments in October but has yet to issue a decision.”
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-...black-voters-0afbede6f5bcae3eb0a8ba40bc33ef72
Appears they were for it before they were against it. How does a court rule unanimously one way and nine months later rule the other? And appears the State itself needs more than ten months to prepare for alternatives, or, purposely dragged their feet
And it is really telling how the Supreme Court can rush thru cases Trump wants rushed but drags their feet in cases that runs contrary to conservative interests, like actual voting is secondary
“COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — 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 voters, with time running out ahead of voting deadlines and a lack of a decision on the case by the Supreme Court.”
“In an order, a panel of three federal judges from South Carolina wrote that “with the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical.”
“Last year, a three-judge panel — the same that issued Thursday’s order — concluded that South Carolina’s Legislature “exiled” 30,000 Democratic-leaning Black voters from the 1st District to help safeguard Mace. The state appealed that ruling, and the Supreme Court heard arguments in October but has yet to issue a decision.”
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-...black-voters-0afbede6f5bcae3eb0a8ba40bc33ef72
Appears they were for it before they were against it. How does a court rule unanimously one way and nine months later rule the other? And appears the State itself needs more than ten months to prepare for alternatives, or, purposely dragged their feet
And it is really telling how the Supreme Court can rush thru cases Trump wants rushed but drags their feet in cases that runs contrary to conservative interests, like actual voting is secondary