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University of North Carolina, the Supreme Court effectively overruled Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) [ 6 ] and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), which validated some affirmative action in college admissions provided that race had a limited role in decisions.
Rucho v. Common Cause, No. 18-422, 588 U.S. 684 (2019) is a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court concerning partisan gerrymandering. [1] The Court ruled that while partisan gerrymandering may be "incompatible with democratic principles", the federal courts cannot review such allegations, as they present nonjusticiable political questions outside the jurisdiction of these courts.
Shaw v. Reno was a United States Supreme Court case involving a claim that North Carolina's 12th congressional district (pictured) was affirmatively racially gerrymandered. The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in Davis v. Bandemer (1986) that partisan gerrymandering violates the Equal Protection Clause and is a justiciable matter. However, the ...
After the GOP swept statewide judicial races in 2022, the state Supreme Court’s new Republican majority reversed the court’s previous gerrymandering decision, ruling that the court has no ...
The North Carolina Supreme Court reversed itself Friday on whether partisan gerrymandering and a strict voter ID law violate the state constitution. N.C.'s new GOP-controlled high court reverses ...
The North Carolina Supreme Court’s new conservative majority has removed constitutional guardrails on extreme partisan gerrymandering, reinstated a voter ID law and a law that disenfranchises ...
Common Cause, a case that challenged the North Carolina congressional map as a partisan gerrymander. In a 5–4 decision issued in June 2019, the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims present nonjusticiable political questions. [10] Justice Kagan, dissenting, observed that "[f]or the first time ever, th[e] Court refuses to ...
The state Supreme Court switched from Democratic to Republican control in last fall’s elections. NC Supreme Court reverses its past rulings on major voting rights cases Skip to main content