After creating a congressional reapportionment plan that created two black-majority districts, some North Carolina residents argued against North Carolina saying the unusually shaped 2nd black majority district was made just for the purpose to secure the election of black representatives. Once the district courts ruled that the residents failed to raise a constitutional claim, the residents appealed the case to the Supreme Court.Under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, majority-minority districts, created under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, may be constitutionally challenged by voters if race is the only factor used in creating the district

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