Supreme Court Rejects Radical Re-Write of Constitution in Evenwel Redistricting Case
Today the U.S. Supreme Court voted 8-0 in Evenwel v. Abbott to allow states to continue to count total population when drawing state legislative districts after each census. The plaintiffs sought an unprecedented change to the U.S. Constitution forbidding states from using census counts of total population and requiring them to draw districts with equal number of voters. The New Jersey cities of Newark, Trenton, Camden, Plainfield, Kearny, and Bridgeton joined 13 other counties and cities across the country to oppose this change.