Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission

Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 8, 2015 Decided April 20, 2016
Full case name	Wesley W. Harris, 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.^[1]

See also

• Evenwel v. Abbott
• Reynolds v. Sims — a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.
• Scotusblog

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