(photo credit: Nathan Laurell)
From USA Today:
Court blocks redistricting plan that 'packed' black voters
WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Supreme Court dealt a blow to a Republican redistricting plan in Alabama Wednesday that packed black voters into urban districts to dilute their impact elsewhere.
The court's liberal justices, along with Justice Anthony Kennedy, upheld the objections raised by Democratic and black lawmakers and sent the case back for further review by a lower court.
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From the decision itself at supremecourt.gov:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/...
It was a 5-4 decision, with dissenting opinion from (surprise, surprise) Scalia, Roberts, Alito and Thomas. What country do they live in? Anyway, a hearty thank you to the majority!