VOTING RIGHTS . . . HIGH COURT SNUBS MINORITY DISTRICTS
The Supreme Court said the 1965 Voting Rights Act does not require states to create as many minority-dominated political districts as possible. The Justices threw out court-ordered redistricting plans in a pair of cases -- one a closely-watched Florida suit against a Hispanic-dominated congressional district for Miami, the other against a white-run Georgia county government. The rulings meanother such plans may fall, like the infamous, salamander-shaped black U.S. House district in North Carolina. But law professor Lani Guinier, the controversial former Justice Department civil rights nominee, tells TIME Daily the outlook for minority voters isn't so bad: The Court reaffirmed minorities' right to "proportional power," Guinier says, meaning states will actually be forced to find more creative ways to give minority candidates a real shot at winning without gerrymandering.
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