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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has sparked controversy by concurring with a decision that reversed a lower court's ruling on racial factors in South Carolina's congressional redistricting. Thomas criticized the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision, arguing that the court overstepped its bounds and that "racial isolation" is not inherently harmful. The NAACP condemned the ruling as a severe blow to democracy.
Justice Clarence Thomas criticized the Supreme Court's use of judicial power in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision while concurring in a recent ruling that upheld a GOP-drawn redistricting map in South Carolina. Thomas argued that federal courts should not be involved in drawing voting districts and that the Constitution prohibits all forms of race-based discrimination. The court's 6-3 decision emphasized the need to distinguish between race and politics in redistricting challenges.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a South Carolina congressional map deemed racially gerrymandered, making it harder to challenge unjust voting maps. Justice Clarence Thomas, in a concurring opinion, argued that federal courts should not intervene in redistricting, criticizing past judicial actions like Brown v. Board of Education for overstepping judicial power.