In Harris v Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that although the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause requires States to attempt to construct legislative districts as nearly of equal population as is practicable, mathematical perfection is not required. The Court went on to find that the deviations, which were less than 10%, predominantly reflected the redistricting commission’s efforts to achieve compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
