Supreme Court To Hear Racial Gerrymandering Dispute From GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s District

The Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that could impact the 2024 congressional race in Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s district. A three-judge panel sided in January with plaintiffs who challenged South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District map, including the NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), finding that it had been racially gerrymandered. In their appeal to the Supreme Court, state lawmakers argue that the lower court failed to presume the South Carolina Legislature acted in “good faith,” writing that their adoption of the maps was motivated by...