Supreme Court to hear South Carolina redistricting case over congressional voting lines

Washington — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will take up a bid by GOP legislative leaders in South Carolina to reinstate voting lines for one of the state's congressional districts that were invalidated as an unlawful racial gerrymander.

The dispute arose from the redistricting plan that was enacted by South Carolina's GOP-led state legislature after the 2020 Census, which gave Republicans an advantage in Congressional District 1, a GOP-majority district currently represented by Rep. Nancy Mace that stretches from Charleston down to Hilton Head Island.

Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham represented the district for one term, and he went on to lose to Mace in 2020. Mace won reelection in November.