BY CONSERVATIVE PATRIOTS — MAR 29, 2024
Federal Courts Hand Republicans 2 Big Wins in a Row
Courts in Florida and South Carolina have each delivered wins to Republican legislatures in congressional mapping cases that will impact the 2024 elections.
The panel concurred with state lawmakers that halting the map now would pose issues for the upcoming elections. They determined that the map can remain for this year's election pending the map's legality being adjudicated.
"However, with the primary election procedures rapidly approaching, the appeal before the Supreme Court still pending, and no remedial plan in place, the ideal must bend to the practical," they added.
The panel concurred with state lawmakers that halting the map now would pose issues for the upcoming elections. They determined that the map can remain for this year's election pending the map's legality being adjudicated.
"Having found that Congressional District No. 1 constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, the Court fully recognizes that 'it would be the unusual case in which a court would be justified in not taking appropriate action to insure that no further elections are conducted under an invalid plan,'" the judges stated in their five-page ruling.