Friday, February 4, 2022

New Jersey, New York, and Kansas join the ranks of states arguing over districting maps

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-0 to side with Democrats and dismiss a GOP lawsuit that asked the court to remand the map to the redistricting commission for further consideration and require the tie-breaker commissioner, former Supreme Court Justice John Wallace, to recuse himself.

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Democrats won the redistricting process when Wallace voted with the six Democratic members of the commission, installing a congressional district map that, barring a major wave election, would likely result in a 9-3 Democratic majority in the New Jersey's House delegation. Democrats currently have a 10-2 majority.

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The state's highest court ruled that for all the Republicans’ complaints about the process, the lawsuit did not challenge the map itself as unlawful or unconstitutional.

“Historically, after meeting in private with the respective partisan delegations to discuss their proposals, the independent member serves as the tiebreaker and selects one party’s preferred map,” Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote for the court. “The outcome commonly garners praise from one party and criticism from the other. This redistricting cycle was no different … This Court has no role in the outcome of the redistricting process unless the map is ‘unlawful.’”

  Politico
Will they take it to the Trump Supreme Court?



...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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