Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP
Supreme Court of the United States
Full case nameThomas C. Alexander, in His Official Capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate, et al., v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al.
Docket no.22-807
Questions presented
(1) Whether courts must apply a presumption of good faith to a legislature's racial intent when considering a challenge to legislative districts; (2) whether courts must disentangle race from politics when considering such challenges; (3) whether courts must consider a district's compliance with traditional districting principles before finding that the legislature predominantly considered race when drawing districts.

Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP is a pending United States Supreme Court regarding racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering.[1] It's the first partisan gerrymandering case taken by the Supreme Court after its landmark decision in Rucho v Common Cause which stated that partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts, and the first racial gerrymandering case, after the court's landmark decision in Allen v. Milligan.[2]

Amicus briefs in the case were filed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster; Members of Congress Nancy Mace,[3] Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, and Russell Fry; League of Women Voters of South Carolina, et. al., Judicial Watch; Historians, Political Scientists, and others. [4] Congressman Jim Clyburn was discussed in a May 2023 ProPublica article on the Congressional District One redistricting process.[5] His amicus brief was filed in August 2023, in which he rebutted claims by the state that he or his staff engaged in "meaningful participation" in the congressional redistricting process.[6]

Oral arguments were heard on October 11, 2023, with a decision expected sometime early in 2024.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Trial over South Carolina's new Congressional map begins". WLTX-TV. October 3, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Takeaways from Supreme Court Arguments Over South Carolina's Congressional Map". Democracy Docket. October 11, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  3. ↑ Villalovas, Eden (October 11, 2023). "Supreme Court to hear South Carolina's racial gerrymandering case in Nancy Mace's district". Washington Examiner. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP". SCOTUSblog. 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Marilyn W. (May 5, 2023). "How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats". ProPublica. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ "BRIEF OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN JAMES E. CLYBURN AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEES" (PDF). SCOTUSblog. 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ Liptak, Adam (October 11, 2023). "Justices Poised to Restore Voting Map Ruled a Racial Gerrymander". The New York Times. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

Oral Arguments on C-SPAN October 11, 2023

Post Argument Press Conference by NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund October 11, 2023 with Janai Nelson, President and Leah C. Aden, Lead Counsel, NAACP LDF; Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux with American Civil Liberties Union, Taiwan Scott, plaintiff; and Brenda Murphy, President, NAACP South Carolina State Conference.

Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP Rally Outside U.S. Supreme Court by Southern Coalition for Social Justice with speakers including Catherine Fleming Bruce, author; Charles Mann, South Carolina Counts; Michael B. Moore, businessman and former CEO of the International African American Museum , Marilyn Hemingway, Gullah Geechie Chamber of Commerce, and activist Tamika 'Mika' Gadsden.

Alexander v. SCNAACP, Part I by Atlantic Institute with representatives of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and SC Counts with United States Census.

Alexander v. SCNAACP, Part II Amicus Briefs , by Atlantic Institute with Vernon Burton, Steven Ansolabehere, and Dan T. Carter.

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