“The District Court’s assessment that all this evidence proved racial predominance clears the bar of clear error review. The court emphasized that the districting plan’s own architects had repeatedly described the influx of African-Americans into District 12 as a . . . compliance measure, not a side-effect of political gerrymandering. And those contemporaneous descriptions comported with the court’s credibility determinations about the trial testimony—that Watt told the truth when he recounted Rucho’s resolve to hit a majority-BVAP target; and conversely that Hofeller skirted the truth (especially as to Guilford County) when he claimed to have followed only race-blind criteria in drawing district lines. We cannot disrespect such credibility judgments.”
-Associate Justice Elena Kagan, opinion of the Court in Cooper v. Harris, 2017
Based on the text above, which of the following statements would the author agree with?
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Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) Majority-minority districts are unconstitutional when there is a clear partisan divide as well as a racial divide
A
Majority-minority districts are unconstitutional when there is a clear partisan divide as well as a racial divide
(Choice B) Majority-minority districts are unconstitutional when those districts are created based on racial differences
B
Majority-minority districts are unconstitutional when those districts are created based on racial differences
(Choice C) Majority-minority districts are only constitutional when there are not enough minority representatives in state legislatures
C
Majority-minority districts are only constitutional when there are not enough minority representatives in state legislatures
(Choice D) Majority-minority districts are constitutional when the state is trying to meet standards set by the Voting Rights Act of 1965
D
Majority-minority districts are constitutional when the state is trying to meet standards set by the Voting Rights Act of 1965