What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) was unconstitutional?
A. running for more than three terms in the U.S. Senate
B. creating a voting district that prohibited African Americans from voting
C. partisan gerrymandering
D. redistricting before the census is completed

State legislature changing the boundaries of the city of Tuskegee is unconstitutional and for an injunction against enforcements. They alleged that the act alters the shape of Tuskegee from a square to an irregular 28-sided figure; that it would eliminate from the city all but four or five of it's Negro voters without eliminating any white voter; and that its effect was to deprive Negroes of their right to vote.

What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) was unconstitutional? A. running for more than three terms in the U.S. Senate B. creating a voting district that prohibited African Americans from voting C. partisan gerrymandering D. redistricting before the census is completed

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What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960) was unconstitutional?
A. running for more than three terms in the U.S. Senate
B. creating a voting district that prohibited African Americans from voting
C. partisan gerrymandering
D. redistricting before the census is completed