Supreme Court of Kansas
In re Validity of Substitute for Senate Bill 563
June 21, 2022
Summary
The court upheld Substitute for Senate Bill 563, concluding that the Legislature followed the constitutionally required enactment procedures and that the resulting state legislative maps satisfy constitutional and Voting Rights Act requirements. The court found that both maps comply with one-person-one-vote requirements, contain no invidious racial or other protected-class discrimination, and do not unlawfully dilute minority voting strength. The court declined to decide whether political-gerrymandering claims are generally justiciable because the record contained no colorable such claim.