It is also a majority-minority district.

In the Assembly, there are currently 26 majority-minority districts out of 150 seats, and 21 members are either black or Hispanic.

Nor, as we have emphasized, is the decision to create a majority-minority district objectionable in and of itself.

The Department of Justice believed that the state could have drawn another such majority-minority district to improve representation of black voters.

Its current configuration dates from 1993, when Virginia was forced to create a majority-minority district by a Justice Department directive.

A second majority-minority district would require "unconstitutional racial gerrymandering," the panel's majority said.

Thus, we express no view as to whether "the intentional creation of majority-minority districts, without more" always gives rise to an equal-protection claim.

The district's current configuration dates to 1993, when the Justice Department ordered Virginia to create a majority-minority district.

After the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, some states created "majority-minority" districts.

Therefore, the Court said, the new 23rd was not a true majority-minority district.