Judgment Issued.

Application (23A851) denied by the Court.

Application (23A851) referred to the Court.

Adjudged to be REVERSED IN PART and REMANDED IN PART. Alito, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-807_3e04.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined as to all but Part III–C. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Jackson, JJ., joined.

Letter of March 28, 2024 from counsel for Senate Appellants filed.

Reply of applicants in support of the application for stay filed.

Response to application from respondents The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed.

Response to application (23A851) requested by The Chief Justice, due by noon (EDT), on March 25, 2024.

Application (23A851) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Argued. For appellants: John M. Gore, Washington, D. C. For appellees: Leah C. Aden, New York, N. Y. For United States, as amicus curiae: Caroline A. Flynn, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Reply of appellant Senate Appellants filed. (Distributed)

Video exhibits from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina record electronically received and available with the Clerk.

Brief amici curiae of Historians filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Congressman James E. Clyburn filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos and Jowei Chen filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of League of Women Voters of South Carolina, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Political Science Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of appellees The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. filed.

Supplemental Joint appendix filed.(Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Complete record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina electronically received and available with the Clerk.

Record requested from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.

Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Governor Henry McMaster filed.

Brief amici curiae of Nancy Mace, Joe Wilson, Jeff Duncan, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, and Russell Fry filed.

Brief amici curiae of State of Alabama, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Redistricting Trust filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Fair Lines America Foundation filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Distributed) (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of Appellants filed.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and appellants' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 7, 2023. The time to file appellees' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 11, 2023.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Probable jurisdiction noted.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.

Opposition to motion of Senate Appellants, et al. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023.

Motion to affirm filed by appellees The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al.

Brief amicus curiae of National Republican Redistricting Trust filed.

Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.

Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due March 29, 2023)