Supreme Court Refuses to Overrule Lower Court’s Order To Redraw Detroit Legislative Seats

By Martin Walsh 

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an attempt to reverse the decisions of lower federal courts, which had mandated that Michigan’s redistricting commission redraw 13 state legislative districts in and around Detroit to increase their competitiveness.

The federal courts have mandated that state officials revise the state House and Senate districts due to their unconstitutional nature. As a result, a substantial portion of the maps created in 2021 by Michigan’s inaugural Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission have been invalidated.

“The three-judge panel ordered the Secretary of State to refrain from holding elections in those districts until they are redrawn in compliance with the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution,” according to The Detroit News.

The redistricting commission appealed to the Supreme Court to reverse a December ruling by a three-judge federal appeals court panel, which determined that the creation of Michigan’s legislative maps in 2021 had been unduly influenced by race. The ruling of the panel emphasized that although nearly 80 percent of Detroit’s population consists of black individuals, the proportion of black individuals of voting age in the 13 districts in the Detroit area varied predominantly from 35 percent to 45 percent, with one district as low as 19 percent, the Associated Press reported.

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