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Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
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Argued December 8, 2015
Decided April 20, 2016
Full case name Wesley W. Harrisl, et al., appellants v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al.
Docket nos. 14-232
Citations 578 U.S. ___ (more)
Argument Oral argument
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 opinions
Majority Breyer, 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.


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