The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act - Elie Mystal

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4. If the SC says you can't make race based decisions for distracting

But a state breaks up a district that is predominantly African American, would that state be making race based decisions on creating new districts?

Where is the baseline to determine if race is a factor? Is it when the decision is announced? Because if it is, both creating a new district that increases a certain races population or creating a new district that decreases a certain races population would equally be in violation.