New York’s highest court rejected the state’s new congressional district maps pushed through the legislature by Democrats and suggested upcoming state Senate primary elections will have to be moved back.
The state’s Court of Appeals agreed in a 4-3 ruling with a group of Republican voters who sued, saying that the district boundaries had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered and that the Legislature hadn’t followed proper procedure in passing the maps.
The court said it will "likely be necessary" to move the congressional and state Senate primary elections from June to August.
"On these appeals, the primary questions before us are whether this failure to follow the prescribed constitutional procedure warrants invalidation of the legislature’s congressional and state senate maps and whether there is record support for the determination of both courts below that the district lines for congressional races were drawn with an unconstitutional partisan intent," the ruling stated. "We answer both questions in the affirmative and therefore declare the congressional and senate maps void. As a result, judicial oversight is required to facilitate the expeditious creation of constitutionally conforming maps for use in the 2022 election and to safeguard the constitutionally protected right of New Yorkers to a fair election."
The way I understand it the GOP will likely net 4-5 seats out of this when coupled with the DeSantis Florida map.....This is a huge ruling for 2024 and 2026.
IN before the Hawaii Judge steps in and rules this racist, unconstitutional, and an affront to gay illegal aliens.
The state’s Court of Appeals agreed in a 4-3 ruling with a group of Republican voters who sued, saying that the district boundaries had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered and that the Legislature hadn’t followed proper procedure in passing the maps.
The court said it will "likely be necessary" to move the congressional and state Senate primary elections from June to August.
"On these appeals, the primary questions before us are whether this failure to follow the prescribed constitutional procedure warrants invalidation of the legislature’s congressional and state senate maps and whether there is record support for the determination of both courts below that the district lines for congressional races were drawn with an unconstitutional partisan intent," the ruling stated. "We answer both questions in the affirmative and therefore declare the congressional and senate maps void. As a result, judicial oversight is required to facilitate the expeditious creation of constitutionally conforming maps for use in the 2022 election and to safeguard the constitutionally protected right of New Yorkers to a fair election."
The way I understand it the GOP will likely net 4-5 seats out of this when coupled with the DeSantis Florida map.....This is a huge ruling for 2024 and 2026.
IN before the Hawaii Judge steps in and rules this racist, unconstitutional, and an affront to gay illegal aliens.
