Supreme Court Poised to Uphold GOP Gerrymandering in South Carolina

The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears likely to uphold a Republican-drawn congressional district in South Carolina that a lower court found was racially gerrymandered. The case tests the legal limits of partisan gerrymandering when it intersects with race, with the NAACP accusing Republican lawmakers of drawing the district by shuffling Black voters in and out to make it reliably Republican. The conservative justices expressed doubts about the evidence presented at the lower court, suggesting that race was not the predominant factor in drawing the lines. This case is the latest test of how the courts will handle the intersection of racial and partisan gerrymandering.