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Florida Supreme Court asked to overturn DeSantis congressional map that boosted GOP power
Florida Supreme Court heard arguments in what could be last ditch bid by voter rights organizations to overturn congressional map favoring GOP.
Florida’s high court poised to protect DeSantis’ congressional map that helps GOP
The Florida governor muscled through a map two years ago that helped Republicans net four House seats in the state.
‘A betrayal of democracy’: Florida Supreme Court to decide redistricting case
The map changed District 5, which connected communities 200 miles apart from west of Tallahassee to Jacksonville.
The Florida Supreme Court weighs in on the state’s congressional redistricting plan
Black Votes Matter” claims when the legislature passed the map, it removed a minority access congressional district in North Florida.
FL Supreme Court examines racial gerrymandering after redistricting quashes Black Congressional District
Florida Supreme Court justices indicated on Thursday that an anti-gerrymandering amendment in the Florida Constitution may contradict the U.S. Constitution, favoring the argument the state has used to
DeSantis’ congressional redistricting plan lands at Florida Supreme Court
Chief Justice Carlos Muniz pointed to potentially far-reaching future effects of the court’s decision on the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed
Special session: Florida lawmakers heeding Gov. DeSantis' demand for new congressional map, enraging opponents
Republican lawmakers appear willing to endorse redrawing of Black-leaning congressional districts, enraging Democrats and many Black voters.
Florida Supreme Court Justices raise prospect of tossing Fair Districts Amendment
Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz questioned if nondiminishment requirements make it impossible to craft a constitutional map.
FL Supreme Court points to ‘head-on’ conflict in diminishment of a Black congressional district
Florida Supreme Court justices indicated on Thursday that an anti-gerrymandering amendment in the Florida Constitution may contradict the U.S. Constitution, favoring the argument the state has used to defend quashing a former Black Congressional District in North Florida.
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Protections for minority voters are at the center of a Florida redistricting case
Voting rights groups challenging the state congressional map want the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate a district that gave ...
Redistricting hits the high court
The court that Gov. Ron DeSantis built is finally going to have its say on the congressional map that the Republican governor muscled through the Legislature more than two years ago.
Fight to restore Black voters’ strength could dismantle Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment
A coalition of voting rights groups has been challenging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over a dismantled Black congressional district.
Minority voter protections at stake as Florida Supreme Court hears redistricting case
Justice Charles Canady, who was part of a conservative minority when the court ruled for voting rights plaintiffs in a redistricting case last decade, recused from the case. Although he didn’t give a ...