For the first time since the early 1990s, the federal courts will not be drawing Mississippi’s congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court decided this week not to hear a case.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case filed by a group of Black Mississippians alleging the current drawing of the four congressional districts was unconstitutional because it diluted minority voting strength. That Supreme Court decision ensured that the task of drawing congressional districts would be left to the state Legislature instead of the federal courts.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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