USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
(1993) North Carolina congressional district 12 was an unacceptable form of racial gerrymandering. This ruling was better defined in Miller v. Johnson.
A
Shaw v. Reno
B
Schenck v. US
C
Texas v. Johnson
D
Roth v. US
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Majority opinion In a 5-4 decision the courts ruled in favor of Shaw (the petitioner), finding that it was, in fact, unlawful to gerrymander on the basis of race. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the majority opinion in which she explains the court’s ruling.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s finding. It held that the redistricting was so bizarre on its face that it was unexplainable on grounds other than race and therefore it could not be upheld unless it was narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling state interest.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cooper v. Harris, 581 U.S. (2017), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court ruled 5–3 that the North Carolina General Assembly used race too heavily in re-drawing two Congressional districts following the 2010 Census.

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