Advertisement Continue reading the main storyDemocrats welcomed the ruling. The ruling on Monday was the second Supreme Court victory for North Carolina Democrats this month. Adding additional black voters to the district, she wrote, amounted to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJustice Kagan responded that while proposed alternative maps might be helpful to courts evaluating racial gerrymandering claims, they were not required. 15-1262, affirmed a decision from the Federal District Court in Greensboro, N.C.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2017 15:15 UTC