US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

U.S. Supreme Court revives Arkansas gerrymandering case, but plaintiffs face long odds

The United States Supreme Court on Monday revived a previously dismissed lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s congressional maps, ordering the case back to a lower federal court. The Supreme Court said the lower court must apply the standards the high court laid out last month in a gerrymandering case out of South Carolina. But considering the South Carolina decision holds would-be plaintiffs to an even higher pleading standard than was previously req…

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press The Supreme Court has sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel. Justices on Monday ordered a lower court to review the suit following a high court decision against similar claims of bias in a South Carolina redistricting case. The ruling is a setback for a challenge to the way Arkansas’ Legislature redrew the lines for a Little Rock-area district. A panel last year di…

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press The Supreme Court has sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel. Justices on Monday ordered a lower court to review the suit following a high court decision against similar claims of bias in a South Carolina redistricting case. The ruling is a setback for a challenge to the way Arkansas’ Legislature redrew the lines for a Little Rock-area district. A panel last year di…

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas redistricting case back to judges after South Carolina ruling

The Supreme Court has sent a lawsuit challenging Arkansas' 2021 U.S. House map back to a three-judge panel. Justices on Monday ordered a lower court to review the suit following

US Supreme Court sends Arkansas racial gerrymandering case back down to lower court

United States Supreme Court justices issued an order Monday that could influence the Arkansas voting districts map.

Arkansas congressional district map sent back to lower court by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has told a lower federal court to review a case regarding Arkansas's congressional district map drawn by Republicans.