The Supreme Court issued a stay of an order requiring New York to redraw its Congressional map, meaning the state will use the existing map in the 2026 elections.
The decision also saves the one Republican district in New York City.
“Here, our stay, far from causing disruption or upsetting legitimate expectations, eliminates much of the uncertainty and confusion that would exist if the Independent Redistricting Commission proceeded to draw a new district that this Court would likely strike down if the cases reached us in time,” wrote Justice Samuel Alito.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) holds the 11th District, which includes Staten Island and South Brooklyn.
Well, we know the Democrats want to retake the House this year:
Last October, four New Yorkers sued to challenge the district held by Ms. Malliotakis. The case, filed by Elias Law Group, which has handled much of the Democratic Party’s redistricting litigation, signaled that New York had entered the national race to redraw maps before the midterms.The challengers argued that the district map, which was redrawn in 2024, unconstitutionally diluted the power of Black and Latino voters. In January, a Manhattan judge found that the district had a pattern of “discrimination against minority voters.”The judge, Justice Jeffrey H. Pearlman, a Democrat who previously served as special counsel to Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat, ordered the state to convene the Independent Redistricting Commission to redraw the district maps.
Totes shocked that Pearlman ruled in that way.
Malliotakis filed an emergency application on February 12.
I’m also not shocked that Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown-Jackson dissented.
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