Shaw v. Hunt - A Different Opinion

A dissenting opinion was written by Stevens, who was joined by Ginsburg and Breyer on the second and third points. In it, he opined that 1) no person showed that they had been harmed more than another because of their race; 2) that strict scrutiny should only be applied when a state does not adhere to traditional districting principles; and 3) that the evidence showed other political reasons that caused the district's unusual shape. Justice Souter had already expressed his views in Bush v. Vera, where he addressed "a basic misconception about the relation between race and districting principles".