Re-Districting After Shelby County v. Alabama: a Volatile Mix of Race and Politics
In 2012, following the 2010 decennial census, Virginia re-drew the boundaries of its Congressional Districts. In 2013, plaintiffs brought a Voting Rights Act challenge to that re-districting. They alleged that the re-districting unconstitutionally packed African-American voters into a small number of Districts. The suit was ultimately defended by Virginia’s Republican Congressional delegation and was initiated […]