Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Summary

The Court held that the three‑judge district court erred in finding that race predominated in South Carolina’s District 1 redistricting and in its vote‑dilution analysis, reversing those rulings and remanding for further proceedings. The majority reaffirmed the presumption of legislative good faith and the requirement that plaintiffs produce an alternative map to show that a racially neutral plan could achieve the legislature’s partisan goals.