Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek - Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On March 26, 2019, the Supreme Court heard argument in Rucho v. Common Cause and Benisek v. Lamone, two cases involving gerrymandering.<br />Rucho v. Common Cause involves whether North Carolina&rsquo;s 2016 congressional map involves unconstitutional gerrymandering in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the First Amendment, and Article I. In March 2017, a three-judge district court ruled that North Carolina&rsquo;s 2016 Congressional Redistricting Plan constituted unconstitutional gerrymandering because the state General Assembly improperly relied on &ldquo;political data&rdquo; to draw districts to increase the number of Republicans in North Carolina&rsquo;s congressional delegation. The...