DOJ to Enforce SCOTUS Ruling Nationwide on Racially Gerrymandered Districts

DOJ to enforce SCOTUS ruling nationwide, all states with racially gerrymandered districts WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Justice Department announced this week that it will enforce the Supreme Court’s decision on gerrymandering districts in every state that has such a district. The announcement comes just days after the court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, ruling its existing map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. This week, Senator Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., urged the Justice Department to act on the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana. Writing in a letter, "the department should not wait for private litigants to identify every race-based district one by one." Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, responded in part, writing, “Senator — we are ON IT!” Essentially what the Supreme Court said is, as applied to these congressional districts, you can't draw a district based on race,” Sen.