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Redistricting: Harris v. McCrory

Voters supported by liberal advocacy groups say North Carolina lawmakers unconstitutionally relied too much on race when they drew two of the state's U.S. House districts.

Posted 2017-01-17T21:19:58+00:00 - Updated 2017-05-26T23:12:10+00:00

This map shows the new congressional districts drawn during the Feb. 18 redistricting session.

Case name: Harris v. McCrory

What it's about: Redistricting

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State or federal court: Federal, U.S. Supreme Court

Summary: Voters and advocacy groups that brought the case say North Carolina lawmakers unconstitutionally relied too much on the race of voters when they drew the 1st Congressional District in northeast North Carolina and the 12th District, which stretched along Interstate 85 between Charlotte and Greensboro. Republican lawmakers say they were just following federal law and prior court decisions in drawing the districts.

In the real world: Before the Supreme Court took this case, a lower court ordered the legislature to draw new districts. The state's current 13 U.S. House members were elected from those newly drawn districts in 2016.

Where it stands: The Supreme Court ruled in May 2017 that the two districts were illegally drawn, but the decision has little impact since lawmakers have already redrawn the voting map.