Justice Clarence Thomas, in the court's latest decision upholding a GOP-drawn redistricting map in South Carolina, took aim at a key, decades-old civil rights decision, calling it an 'extravagant of judicial power.' On Thursday, the Supreme Court sided with the Republican-led South Carolina legislature after it was challenged for alleged racial gerrymandering in drawing new redistricting maps.
Thomas went on to say that the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in redistricting matters 'puts States in a lose-lose situation.' He referenced the Court's decision last term that ruled in favor of Black voters in Alabama challenging the state’s GOP-friendly congressional map, which the court's majority found to be likely in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The VRA prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race.
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