Louisiana v. Callais · ¶75
For this reason, as we have repeatedly made clear, when a State defends a districting scheme on the ground that it was drawn for partisan purposes, plaintiffs have a “ `special' ” burden to overcome. Alexander, 602 U. S., at 9 (quoting Cooper, 581 U. S., at 308). “To prevail,” the plaintiff “must `disentangle race from politics' by proving `that the former drove a district's lines.' ” 602 U. S., at 9 (quoting Cooper, 581 U. S., at 308). “That means, among other things, ruling out the competing explanation that political considerations dominated the legislature's redistricting efforts. If either politics or race could explain a district's contours, the plaintiff has not cleared its bar.” 602 U. S., at 9–10; see Eas ley v. Cromartie, 532 U. S. 234, 258 (2001) (Cromartie II) (rejecting a racial gerrymandering claim when the plaintiffs failed to show “that the legislature could have…Read in context ›
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