The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case involving South Carolina officials seeking to revive a Republican-drawn electoral map that was criticized by a lower court for moving 30,000 Black residents out of a congressional district. The case revolves around a map adopted last year by South Carolina’s Republican-led state legislature for one of the state’s U.S. House districts.
A panel of federal judges had ruled that the map diminished the influence of Black voters, and the case is seen as potentially influencing control of the House of Representatives in the 2024 elections. The Supreme Court’s ruling will have significant implications for this district’s political representation.
