(WCIV) — The South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed a case challenging partisan gerrymandering in the state Wednesday, indicating that the practice can only be addressed by the state legislature that gerrymandered the Congressional district map in the first place.

In a 5-0 opinion, the court dismissed the claims brought forward in League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander by saying it presented a “nonjusticiable political question,” meaning it found no grounds to adjudicate partisan gerrymandering claims.

The League of Women Voters of South Carolina’s case claimed the state legislature’s 2022 congressional redistricting plan was an “extreme” partisan gerrymander, denying voters their equal rights to elect officers, intentionally diluting the electoral influence of voters of a

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