NY Court of Appeals rejects Democrat drawn congressional redistricting.

A win for fairness. But only 4-3? Good thing the chief judge is an honest Democrat.

The New York State Court of Appeals rejected the congressional district maps drawn up by the Democrat-controlled state legislature on Wednesday. The court, which is the highest court in the state, ruled 4-3 in favor of a complaint brought by Republican voters against the district maps.

“The enactment of the congressional and senate maps by the legislature was procedurally unconstitutional, and the congressional map is also substantively unconstitutional as drawn with impermissible partisan purpose,” according to the ruling by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore.

The court said new district maps will be drawn by an individual appointed by the court, instead of the state legislature, in accordance with a ruling by the state Supreme Court, which is lower than the Appeals Court.

The court backs a redistricting plan to be executed “with the assistance of a neutral expert, designated a special master, following submissions from the parties, the legislature, and any interested stakeholders who wish to be heard,” the ruling states.

***************

Other lower courts have previously ruled in favor of Republicans who claimed that the state legislature’s district maps were unconstitutional.

Comments

[Eileen Peterson]

Praise God🙏