Mr. Justice Stewart, with whom Mr. Justice Powell joins, concurring in the judgment. The question presented for decision in this case is whether New York’s use of racial criteria in redistricting Kings County violated the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment. The petitioners’ contention is essentially that racial awareness in legislative reapportionment is unconstitutional per se. Acceptance of their…
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