SCOTUS to consider redistricting plan that packed minorities into districts they already controlled
By EsqSocial Corporation 03/06/14
A redistricting plan in Alabama challenged for alleged racial gerrymandering will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court granted cert on Monday in two Alabama cases that will be consolidated. Challengers claim the state packed minorities into districts that already had African American majorities, diluting minority influence elsewhere,…