The Florida congressional map Ron DeSantis drew in an apparent effort to dilute the Black vote was blocked Wednesday as “unconstitutional”—by a federal judge the governor himself appointed.
— by a federal judge the governor himself appointed. “The enacted map is unconstitutional under the Fair District amendment,” Leon County Circuit Court Judgesaid Wednesday, striking down part of DeSantis’ so-called “race neutral” map and ordering a replacement from Harvard University professor, a witness for the plaintiff. “It diminishes African-Americans’ ability to elect the representative of their choice.
Florida Republicans last month gave DeSantis, a leading GOP culture warrior and potential presidential aspirant, the authority to put forth his own congressional map after heone approved by the legislature in March. Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, denounced that as a “dangerous and unprecedented move.”
“The Florida Legislature’s decision to cede this decennial process of redrawing lines for congressional districts to Gov.
Smith’s ruling would preserve Lawson’s 5th District and also allow a map drawn by Ansolabehere, a witness for the civil rights groups who challenged DeSantis’ gerrymander, to be used in its place. “DeSantis is wrong for enacting this Republican-leaning map that is in clear violation of the U.S. and state constitutions,” Lawson said in a
Thursday. “It is critical to maintain congressional district five so minority voters have a voice at the ballot box in November.”It remains to be seen if they will. On the one hand, DeSantis’ cartography is blatantly partisan, and would seem to clearly violate statethat prohibit districts that “deny racial or language minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect representatives of their choice,” as Smith ruled Wednesday.
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