US Supreme Court limits use of race in drawing electoral maps
The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.
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"to engage in the very race-based discrimination that the Constitution forbids"
— Justice Samuel Alito , Politician
"The court's decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity."
— Justice Elena Kagan , Politician
"The color of one's skin should not dictate which congressional district you belong in."
— Abigail Jackson , Executive
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Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.
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