21.   That law had been interpreted to require that officials create districts with high minority populations, to give minority voters a better opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.

22.   The court also agreed to revisit a North Carolina case to see if race played too large a role in how a Congressional district was created.

23.   The decree states that the districts are being created to streamline the unwieldy structure of relations between Moscow and the provinces.

24.   The district was newly created by reapportionment.

25.   The Constitution, he said, does not impose a duty on legislatures to avoid creating districts that turn out to be heavily minority in makeup.

26.   The decision does not give only Democrats more leeway to create districts safe for their party.

27.   The district, the Bossier Parish School Board, had rejected a competing proposal that would have created two districts with black majorities.

28.   The Justice Department argues that at least two majority-black districts can be created, while still respecting traditional redistricting principals.

29.   The party that has control in Harrisburg -- probably the Republicans -- can carve up the state and create districts that favor their political party.

30.   The Supreme Court has been wrestling for two years with how far to go in creating special districts for blacks.