New Michigan Senate Map Eliminates Racial Gerrymandering (1)

Three federal judges on Friday approved a new Michigan Senate map after saying an independent commission that drew it corrected the problems of six Detroit-area districts that previously included illegal racial gerrymandering.

The judges—Raymond L. Kethledge of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Paul L. Maloney of the Western District of Michigan, and David M. Lawson of the Eastern District of Michigan—said in their five-page opinion that “federal law provides us no basis to reject” the map put forth late last month by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission.

The parties and experts agree the new map ...