Florida Congressional Districts that Eliminated a Majority-Black Seat Upheld by State Supreme Court

‘You Can Only Cheat for So Long’: Florida Supreme Court Sides with Ron DeSantis, Letting GOP Keep a Map That Crushed a Black Voting Bloc and Split It Into Three Republican Districts

The Florida Supreme Court gave Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans in the state a major victory in a lawsuit over the state’s gerrymandered congressional districts. The court, dominated by DeSantis appointees, rejected a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district in the northern part of the state in a map redrawn by DeSantis in 2022. The court acknowledged DeSantis’ map weakens Black voting power in the state. Yet it still ruled i…

Florida Supreme Court Backs DeSantis In Diluting Black Voter Power

Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty Long before Texas officials scrambled for a special session to attack Black voter power in the Lone Star state, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis was already stacking the deck in his party’s favor.  Now, four years after redistricting began, the Florida Supreme Court upheld maps backed by DeSantis diluting Black voter power. Embracing a reverse racism style argument, the Florida Supreme Court claimed that allow…

Florida Supreme Court Backs DeSantis in Diluting Black Voter Power

Source: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty Long before Texas officials scrambled for a special session to attack Black voter power in the Lone Star state, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis was already stacking the deck in his party’s favor.  Now, four years after redistricting began, the Florida Supreme Court upheld maps backed by DeSantis diluting Black voter power. Embracing a reverse racism style argument, the Florida Supreme Court claimed that allow…

Florida justices uphold DeSantis’ racist gerrymander

Florida’s Supreme Court turned the definition of “racism” on its head, approving a redrawing of the state’s congressional districts, OK’ing a Jim Crow-style power grab by state Republicans and backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Congressional Map, Rejecting Challenge To District Elimination

Court’s Rationale: Impermissible Racial Gerrymandering and Lack of Alternative Maps The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a legal challenge that sought to restore a majority-Black district in north Florida. The ruling means the current map, which gives Republicans a 20-8 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation, will […] Florida Supreme Court Upholds Congressional Map…

Supreme Court Upholds Redistricting Plan

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Three years after Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed a congressional redistricting plan through the Legislature, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge by voting-rights groups that argued part of the plan violated the state Constitution. Justices, in a 5-1 decision, said an alternative requested by voting-rights groups for a North Florida district would violate the U.S. Constit…