WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down two North Carolina congressional districts on Monday, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them, in a decision that could affect many voting maps, generally in the South. The ruling in Cooper vs. Harris upholds a lower court decision and requires the state to redraw the districts, one in the northeastern part of the state and other that runs through the center of the state.
The United States Supreme Court rejects two of North Carolina's congressional districts because they violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them.