Supreme Court Won’t Intervene in Dispute Over Michigan State Legislative Districts

A federal court is expected to select electoral maps before the state’s primary in August.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to block the redrawing of state legislative districts in Michigan that a federal court ordered after finding the district maps violated the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).

The Supreme Court rejected an emergency application on Jan. 22 from the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to stay a lower court ruling finding that the commission-drafted maps for 13 state legislative districts in the Detroit area violate the VRA.