Florida Supreme Court rejects DeSantis' redistricting push
Source: Politico
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday shot down Gov. Ron DeSantis’s push to get the high court to rule on whether Rep. Al Lawson’s 200-mile congressional district linking Black neighborhoods must be kept intact during the state’s redistricting process.
The GOP governor wants to dismantle the north Florida seat held by Lawson, a Black Democrat, to make a redistricting map more friendly to Republicans. DeSantis asked the high court to give him an advisory opinion on whether the district was protected under Florida’s voter-approved standards.
But the court Thursday unanimously rejected DeSantis’s request — which was also backed by the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature.
“This court’s advisory opinions to the governor are generally limited to narrow questions,” states the unsigned opinion. “Here, the scope of the governor’s request is broad and contains multiple questions that implicate complex federal and state constitutional matters and precedents interpreting the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”
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and having a good laugh right along with that walking fascist authoritarian puke .....
The SCOTUS isn't political. The republicans on the court have said so.
someone is wrong and I don't think it is you and me and thousands of others....
