In the lower court record, the district was said to resemble a Rorschach ink-blot test, and theWall Street Journalclaimed the district looked like a "bug splattered on a windshield." O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, This page was last edited on 13 April 2023, at 05:15. Reynolds v. Sims: Supreme Court Case, Arguments, Impact - ThoughtCo 69 0 obj LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS v.PERRY endobj 0000022159 00000 n They reinforce the belief, held by too many for too much of our history, that individuals should be judged by the color of their skin -Shaw, 509 U.S. at 657[23], The dissenting opinion by Justice White held that Shaw failed to present cognizable harm or that for Shaw to bring this case there had to have been harm done to them one way or another and that this failed to be presented in court. The Twelfth District received even harsher criticism. [18], Shaw along with other five North Carolina residents filed an action against the state, declaring that the state had created an unconstitutional racial gerrymandering violating the Fourteenth Amendment. XIV, 1 provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. <>stream [2], Justice Souter noted the arbitrary nature of the strict scrutiny applied in this case. It is for these reasons that race-based districting by our state legislatures demands close judicial scrutiny. Appellants alleged not that the revised plan constituted a political gerrymander, nor that it violated the "one person, one vote" principle, see Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 558 (1964), but that the State had created an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Direct link to Cameron Christensen's post I'm struggling with a phr, Posted 5 years ago. After the 1990 census, the North Carolina General Assembly was entitled to a 12th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and redrew its congressional districts to account for the changes in population. To contextualize the Shaw supreme court case, gerrymandering is the redrawing of electoral districts to help give a political advantage. 85 0 obj 0000041724 00000 n Traditional civil rights groups--the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund--submitted amicus curiae briefs in favor of the minority districts, and groups with long histories of opposition to quota programs--Washington Legal Foundation and the American Jewish Congress--argued against them. If the allegation of racial gerrymandering remains uncontradicted, the District Court further must determine whether the North Carolina plan is narrowly tailored to further a compelling governmental interest. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[282.1898 646.0332 531.5161 665.9668]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> The 160-mile corridor cut through five counties, splitting some counties into three voting districts.
