US EditionDeSantis purposely dismantled a Black congressional district, attorney says as trial over map begins
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed the Legislature's maps, resulting in the approval of a map that helped Republicans gain a majority in the House and left Black voters in north Florida unrepresented.
- DeSantis directed his staff to draw a new map and submit it to the Legislature, leading to the dismantling of a district held by Black Democratic Rep. Al Lawson and dispersing it among conservative north Florida districts won by white Republicans.
- A federal trial opened in Florida where lawyers argue that DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates.
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Federal trial opens in DeSantis’ congressional redistricting plan that killed a Black-held seat
Gov. Ron DeSantis knew more than the Florida Supreme Court about the constitutionality of a congressional redistricting plan that eliminated a Black-held seat in North Florida, a top aide to the governor testified Tuesday in federal court in Tallahassee. Alex Kelly — DeSantis’ acting chief of staff, who was waist-deep in redistricting negotiations with the Legislature last year, was the first witness called in a legal challenge to the redistri…
Federal trial seeking overturn of Florida's new congressional districts begins
Did Florida's governor diminish Black voting power and violate the U.S. Constitution? A panel of three federal judges started hearing arguments Tuesday as the latest legal challenge against Florida's new congressional districts began. The decision could prompt a redraw and change the balance of power in the U.S. House.The plaintiffs, Common Cause, the NAACP, and others claim the 2022 map was "intentional racial discrimination" that cuts Black vo…
Ron DeSantis purposely dismantled a Black congressional district, attorney says as trial over map begins
On the same day Alabama Black voters scored a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal trial opened in Florida in which lawyers say Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates. It’s one of several lawsuits around the country that are challenging Republican-drawn maps they say are gerrymandered to diminish the ability of Black voters to select a…
DeSantis purposely dismantled a Black congressional district, attorney says as trial over map begins
Lawyers representing Black voters told a three-judge federal panel that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution by deliberately dismantling a congressional district that favored Black candidates
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