[EL] New York's congressional maps struck down

[Margaret Groarke, Professor of Political Science]

As a New Yorker, I'll point out that the court struck down the
Congressional, State Senate and Assembly maps, and gave the leg until April
11 to agree on new ones.

As I write this, candidates for all these races are finishing up the
petitioning process.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 4:52 PM Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:

> 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>
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> March 31, 2022, 1:50 pm <https://electionlawblog.org/?p=128550>
> redistricting <https://electionlawblog.org/?cat=6> *RICK HASEN*
> <https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> 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.
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> 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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