Are States Compelled by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to Maintain Safe Districts With Minority Supermajorities?
State of Georgia v. Ashcroft et al. Docket No. 02-182 From: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Case at a Glance The Supreme Court has been called on to decide whether a jurisdiction covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act can implement a redistricting plan that reduces the number of districts in which minority voters constitute a supermajority if the plan provides minority voters a “fair and equal” opportunity to have their candidates elected, or whether such a plan would be an impermissible retrogression under the Act. • Previewed by Mark A. Cohen, the editor-in-chief of Minnesota Lawyer in Minneapolis, Minn.
