Blog 5

The Shaw v. Reno case was about where Shaw and other members of the state of North Carolina said that the redistricting scheme was irregular and they they were segregating different races for individuals to vote without actually redistricting due to population. They  redistricted the districts to segregate certain races for the purpose of voting.  The US’s attorney general suggested a plan and passed a new legislation from section five dealing with the voting rights act making another black district because that was the majority in the state. But the individuals from the state had revised this plan and claimed it to be unconstitutional and said it was gerrymandering. Under the 14th amendment, racial gerrymandering is considered unconstitutional but it mentions how for this case that the racial discrimination is viewed as benign because it was only done this way to increase the number of black voters. s.