Governor Ron DeSantis’ gerrymandered map dismantles the state’s largely Black fifth congressional district into four new ones
, which stretches from Jacksonville to Tallahassee and is 46% Black.
“They are losing representation that is so key and vital to the state where we are Blacker and browner. And we have a state that is hurling more racist and oppressive policies every single day,” said Jasmine Burney-Clark, the founder of Equal Ground, one of several civic engagement groups that challenged the maps. “Our only recourse against that is voting and they’re taking that away by diluting that power.
Three of the four justices who joined Wednesday’s ruling were appointed by DeSantis. Two justices recused themselves. Justice Jorge Labarga wrote the court’s sole dissent, saying the court had the authority to intervene now because it was likely to do so in the future. At stake in the case, he said, were protections against gerrymandering that“They are making a decision not to move forward.
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