SCOTUS Decision Deferred, Asks for a Reargument

In its reargument order, the Supreme Court narrowed its focus to the constitutionality of Section 2 of the VRA. In the Aug. 1 order, the Court asked parties to submit supplemental briefs that address the question “Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.” Section 2 of the VRA prohibits state and local governments from using any voting procedure that “results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen…to vote on account of race or color.” Section 2 is essential for challenging racial discrimination in voting.