From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
Argued December 8, 2015
Decided April 20, 2016
Full case nameWesley W. Harris, et al., appellants v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
Docket no. 14-232
Citations578 U.S. ___ ( more)
136 S. Ct. 1301; 194 L. Ed. 2d 497
Argument Oral argument
Case history
Prior993 F. Supp. 2d 1042 ( D. Ariz. 2014); probable jurisdiction noted, 135 S. Ct. 2926 (2015).
Holding
Population deviations for legislative districts predominantly reflected commission's good-faith efforts to comply with Voting Rights Act and obtain preclearance from Department of Justice. United States District Court for the District of Arizona affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Case opinion
MajorityBreyer, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const., Amdt. XIV

Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the one person, one vote principle under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment allows a state's redistricting commission slight variances in drawing of legislative districts provided that the variance does not exceed 10 percent. [1] The Court found that the map, created by a bipartisan commission on the basis of the 2010 census, was constitutional. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232, 578 U.S. ___ (2016).
  2. ^ Liptak, Adam (April 20, 2016). "Supreme Court Upholds Arizona's Redrawn Legislative Map". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

External links