{"id":1931395,"date":"2023-05-16T00:25:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T04:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-consider-if-gop-lawmakers-racially-gerrymandered-south-carolina-district\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T00:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T04:28:19","slug":"supreme-court-to-consider-if-gop-lawmakers-racially-gerrymandered-south-carolina-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-consider-if-gop-lawmakers-racially-gerrymandered-south-carolina-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to review GOP&#8217;s alleged racial gerrymandering in SC district."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-to-consider-if-gop-lawmakers-racially-gerrymandered-south-carolina-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1931395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Supreme Court to Consider Racial Gerrymandering in South Carolina<\/h2>\n<h3>What You Need to Know:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court will consider whether the South Carolina legislature racially gerrymandered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">congressional seat<\/a> currently held by Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican.<\/li>\n<li>The case is significant as Republicans hold a thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/li>\n<li>Mace won her second term in 2022 with 56.4% of the popular vote, beating Democrat Annie Andrews who garnered 42.5% of the vote.<\/li>\n<li>Republicans outnumber Democrats in the state\u2019s delegation to the U.S. House by 6 to 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rep. Nancy Mace&#8217;s congressional seat is at the center of a legal battle that could have far-reaching implications. The Supreme Court will consider whether the South Carolina legislature racially gerrymandered the district, which covers the Atlantic shoreline including Charleston and Hilton Head. <\/p>\n<p>The case is significant as Republicans hold a thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mace won her second term in 2022 with 56.4% of the popular vote, beating Democrat Annie Andrews who garnered 42.5% of the vote. In 2020, she narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Joe Cunningham by a margin of 50.6 to 49.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to take the case came in an unsigned order on May 15 in which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-two-wisconsin-supreme-court-rulings-give-president-trump-the-win-should-be-enough-votes-to-win-the-state\/\" title=\"One of Two Wisconsin Supreme Court Rulings Give President Trump the Win \u2013 Should Be Enough Votes to Win the State\">court noted<\/a> it had \u201cprobable jurisdiction\u201d to hear Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, court file 22-807, an appeal against a ruling of the U.S. District Court in South Carolina. No justices dissented from the ruling. The Supreme Court did not explain why it decided to hear the case.<\/p>\n<p>In January, a three-member panel of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-defense-minister-deflects-from-djokovic-scandal-with-peng-shuai-rant\/\" title=\"Australian Defense Minister Deflects from Djokovic Scandal with Peng Shuai Rant\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-legal-team-files-appeal-after-obama-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-seeking-to-block-pennsylvania-from-certifying-its-results\/\" title=\"Trump Legal Team Files Appeal After Obama Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Pennsylvania From Certifying Its Results\">district court<\/a> ordered<\/a> that a new map be drawn for South Carolina\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-david-valadao-flips-california-house-seat-its-the-third-pickup-in-the-state-for-republicans\/\" title=\"Former GOP Rep. David Valadao flips California House seat. It's the third pickup in the state for Republicans.\">1st congressional district<\/a>, finding that it violated the Constitution\u2019s Equal Protection Clause because it had been calculated to water down the power of black voters. All members of the panel were appointed by Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>The appeal was filed by South Carolina Republicans, among them Thomas Alexander, president of the South Carolina Senate, and G. Murrell Smith. Mace hopes that the Supreme Court will do what\u2019s best for the people of South Carolina\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vote. The Supreme Court will review if South Carolina&#8217;s legislature racially gerrymandered Rep. Nancy Mace&#8217;s congressional seat. This case is significant as it could impact the Republicans&#8217; slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. 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