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SCOTUS Lets Texas Use GOP-Friendly Congressional Map as Legal Battle Continues
Texas can use its new, GOP-friendly congressional map while a legal challenge plays out, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that had blocked the map from going into effect. With the Dec. 8 candidate filing deadline fast approaching, the high court’s decision likely means Texas’ new map will be used for the 2026 midterm elections.
This post has been syndicated from Truthout, where it was published under this address.
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#SouthCarolina to use #CongressionalMap deemed #unconstitutional
#SCOTUS heard arguments on the redistricting case in Oct but has yet to rule🤬, essentially running out the clock for the #2024election. A #federal #court ruled Thurs that time had run out to draw a new congressional district in #SC & said the state could use its existing map even though it had earlier determined that map was unconstitutional.#law #Gerrymandering #BlackVotesMatter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/28/south-carolina-redistricting-2024-election/ -
#NEWS & Directly related to the #ClarenceThomas #law #clerks story by way of William #Consovoy & #ShelbyCountyVHolder & its repercussions:
A federal #judge in #Georgia on Thursday upheld a #Republican-drawn #CongressionalMap, rejecting arguments from #VotingRights groups & #Democrats that the latest #DistrictLines illegally diluted the #VotingPower of *minority* residents near #Atlanta.
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#SupremeCourt rejects #Alabama’s bid to use #congressionalmap with just one majority-#Black district
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#SCOTUS sides against #Alabama #Republicans on #VotingRights
Alabama flouted #court orders to propose its latest #CongressionalMap. State Republicans then wanted the justices' help.
But the #SupremeCourt decided against #AlabamaRepublicans ongoing quest to #discriminate against #BlackVoters while #litigation continues in the case.
The court issued the orders on Tuesday without noted dissents from any justices.
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#Federal Court Again Strikes Down #Alabama’s #CongressionalMap
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/us/politics/alabama-congressional-map.html#:~:text=A%20panel%20of%20federal%20judges,something%20%E2%80%9Cclose%20to%20it.%E2%80%9D
#Republicans failed to comply with a court order to create a second majority #Black district or something “close to it,” the judicial panel said. -
#Alabama's #congressionalmap is struck down again for diluting #Black #voters' power
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1193749552/alabama-congressional-map -
Judge rejects DeSantis-drawn congressional map as unconstitutional
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4184784-judge-rejects-desantis-drawn-congressional-map/
#DesantisMap #Unconstitutional #CongressionalMap #JudgeRejects #Florida #DeSantis #Politics #News
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Florida Judge Throws Out DeSantis-Backed Congressional Map, Rules In Favor of Civil Rights Groups
#FloridaRedistricting #DeSantisBackedMap #CivilRightsGroups #CongressionalMap #FloridaJudge #Desantis #Politics #News
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If Thursday’s ruling stands, both parties believe #Democrats could conceivably draw maps that pass legal muster while making re-election almost impossible for incumbent #Republicans like Representatives Mike Lawler & Marc Molinaro in the Hudson Valley, & Anthony D’Esposito & George Santos on Long Island & in Queens, among others.
#ElectionLaw #Gerrymandering #Vote #House #CongressionalMap #NY #NewYork
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#NewYork Is Ordered by Appeals Court to Redraw House Map
A #NY appeals court on Thurs ordered the state’s #CongressionalMap to be redrawn, siding w/ #Democrats in a case that could give the party a fresh chance to tilt one of the nation’s most contested #House battlegrounds leftward.…
#ElectionLaw #Gerrymandering #Vote
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/nyregion/redistricting-democrats-ny.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
