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DeSantis IS in court for his map... 🤣

The GOP has been kicked out of court for their bogus election claims

Good luck with that!! 😂 😍

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Republican-drawn Texas electoral district​

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Republican-drawn Texas electoral district

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal by Black and Hispanic voters accusing the Republican-led Texas legislature of intentionally redrawing a state Senate district to diminish their political clout, part of broader challenge to congressional and state legislative maps in the...

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/a-state-...aps-continue-into-the-new-year-205252915.html
A state by state fight': Legal battles over redistricting maps continue into the new year
Jayla Whitfield-Anderson·National Reporter
Tue, January 3, 2023 at 3:52 PM EST·5 min read


Some states are preparing for trials. In Florida, the state will have a trial in September after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a congressional redistricting plan that links Tallahassee and Jacksonville, two districts that have a large population of Black voters.

“We're challenging maps in Florida as a violation of their state constitutions’ prohibition against racial and partisan gerrymandering,” Vicuna said.

States like Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, New York and Maryland are also facing legal battles.

“A lot of the lawsuits were filed in 2021 or early 2022. Some of them are over for now but still lingering, some of them were just brought, some of the litigation will last the entire decade,” Levitt said.

In the meantime some states are changing their redistricting process to remove politicians from drawing the lines, because advocates say it is a conflict of interest.

“In blue states and red states and purple states, voter initiatives have often taken the pen out of the hands of the incumbent politicians. There are different models for who you give the pen to,” Levitt said.

 

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The GOP is moving its anti-democratic efforts through a strategy of hyper gerrymandered politically manufactured super majorities

 

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https://www.americanprogress.org/ar...us-potential-repercussions-of-moore-v-harper/
Prominent Conservatives Warn About Dangerous Potential Repercussions of Moore v. Harper
Conservative experts are sending sharp warnings that the meritless independent state legislature theory could undermine democracy and should be rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts.

ARTICLE MAR 15, 2023


As the Center for American Progress has explored in a prior report, video, and several articles, the U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding how to rule in the blockbuster pending case of Moore v. Harper.

Concurrently, the North Carolina Supreme Court is reconsidering the related state case. This state and federal court litigation involves the fringe independent state legislature (ISL) theory, advanced by Republican legislators in North Carolina and their allies. Applied broadly, the ISL theory could give partisan state lawmakers almost limitless power to manipulate federal election rules and draw unfair congressional districts.

It is rare to encounter a constitutional theory so antithetical to the Constitution’s text and structure, so inconsistent with the Constitution’s original meaning, so disdainful of this Court’s precedent, and so potentially damaging for American democracy.Former circuit court Judge J. Michael Luttig and amicus brief co-authors

Regardless of which court ultimately decides the Moore v. Harper case, justices should be aware that the ISL theory has been rejected not only by progressive and moderate legal experts but also by many prominent conservatives. There is widespread agreement that this baseless legal theory could damage free and fair elections, run roughshod over settled precedent, and upend the system of checks and balances.

This column briefly explores some of the most notable statements by prominent conservative analysts that have urged rejection of the ISL theory.