[EL] New York's congressional maps struck down

[Rick Hasen]

Breaking: NY State Court Finds That New York’s Congressional Maps Violate the State Constitution By Being a Democratic Party Gerrymander and Need to Be Redrawn<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128550>
March 31, 2022, 1:50 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128550> redistricting<https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6> RICK HASEN<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>


You can find the 18-page ruling here,<https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=f90XPwvzeggblE5omoqVNQ==> a ruling which is sure to be appealed. If the ruling stands and New York does not draw batter maps, the court will appoint a neutral expert to do so.

I’m guessing that if NY loses on appeal in the state courts, they will not go to SCOTUS raising the “independent state legislature theory.”



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