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The article presents status of key cases granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court for consideration during October 3, 2016 to October 1, 2017, as of April 22, 2017. Some of them includes "Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections," "Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer," "Bank of America Corp. v. City Miami," "Ziglar v. Turkmen" and "Gloucester County School Board v. G.G."

The article discusses how the U.S. Supreme Court will consider challenges to racial gerrymandering plans on December 5, 2016 in the cases McCrory v. Harris and Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, and it mentions America's Voting Rights Act. According to the article, the court will determine whether North Carolina lawmakers redrew two congressional districts in order to create majority-black districts. Race is also addressed in relation to Virginia House of Delegates districts.

The article presents the Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections (BOE) court case related to consideration of black voting age population (BVAP) for development of legislative districts under race-neutrality criteria; and consideration of Equal Protection Clause's violation by BOE.