US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

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The Supreme Court has sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel

The Supreme Court on Monday sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel, ordering it to review the suit in light of the high court's decision against similar claims of bias in a redistricting case from South Carolina. The ruling is a setback for the lawsuit challenging the way Arkansas' majority-Republican Legislature redrew the lines for a Little Rock-area congressional district.

“It's a question of whether the Legislature acted with racial intent or with the intent to fortify their position politically in Congress. It could be both.” Tim Griffin, Arkansas' Republican attorney general, called Monday's decision a procedural move that will require the lower court to apply the South Carolina decision. “That decision won’t change the result here; plaintiffs’ claims still fail as a matter of law and will be thrown out yet again,” Griffin said.

 

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