SC Supreme Court sides with state in redistricting lawsuit

South Carolina Supreme Court dismisses gerrymandering case over 2022 congressional map

The state's highest court determined there is no statute in place prohibiting partisan gerrymandering, throwing out the League of Women Voters' suit.

SC Supreme Court upholds voting map, throws out partisan gerrymandering claim

The South Carolina Supreme Court in Columbia. (Photo by Mary Ann Chastain / Special to the SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — The state Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s congressional voting lines Wednesday by ruling there’s nothing unconstitutional about partisan gerrymandering. The decision marks the second time in less than two years that a high court has validated the map redrawn by the Legislature following the 2020 census. “After years of lit…

SC Supreme Court rules in favor of Statehouse Republicans on redistricting case

You mind if we tweak the summary to this: The SC Supreme Court ruled in favor of Republicans in the Statehouse on their ability to redraw the state's Lowcountry congressional district in a way that favors the GOP.

SC Supreme Court sides with state in redistricting lawsuit

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state in a challenge to the state’s latest Congressional redistricting map, denying a challenge to require that it be redrawn.

'A troubling prospect;' SC Supreme Court dismisses case challenging state gerrymandering

The South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed a case challenging partisan gerrymandering in the state Wednesday, indicating that the practice can only be addressed

South Carolina Supreme Court throws out legal effort to redraw state voting lines

League of Women Voters of South Carolina had brought a suit contending the 2022 plan amounted to gerrymandering