{"id":1408116,"date":"2022-03-29T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408116"},"modified":"2022-03-29T17:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T21:00:24","slug":"desantis-blocks-congressional-maps-passed-by-fellow-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-blocks-congressional-maps-passed-by-fellow-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Blocks Congressional Maps Passed By Fellow Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-blocks-congressional-maps-passed-by-fellow-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a pair of congressional maps passed by fellow Republicans in the Florida state legislature on Tuesday, setting up an April special session for the body.<\/p>\n<p>The legislature had passed two sets of congressional districts, one <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/florida\/H000C8019\/\">redrawing<\/a> the majority black and deep blue Tallahassee-based <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/florida\/\">Fifth District<\/a>, currently held by Democratic Rep. Al Lawson, and one <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/florida\/H000C8015\/\">maintaining<\/a> Lawson\u2019s seat. DeSantis has <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/487967-gov-desantis-office-disses-al-lawson-district-as-unconstitutional-gerrymander\/\">argued<\/a> that the Fifth District constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, and his office <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/487126-governor-desantis-office-proposes-congressional-redistricting-map\/\">proposed<\/a> a map that would create 18 Republican-leaning seats and ten Democratic ones. Both maps passed by the legislature would create a 16-12 split<\/p>\n<p>The map combination approved by the legislature and vetoed by DeSantis was drawn as a contingency plan in case courts ruled that the Constitution requires a majority black district in the northern portion of the state.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis repeated his charge that the maps passed by the state legislature feature unconstitutional racial gerrymandering during a Tuesday press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a responsibility to produce maps for our citizens that do not contain unconstitutional racial gerrymanders,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/512361-with-floridas-congressional-map-vetoed-by-gov-desantis-redistricting-future-remains-uncharted\/\">said<\/a>, according to Florida Politics. \u201cToday, I vetoed a map that violates the U.S. Constitution, but that does not absolve the Legislature from doing its job. I appreciate the Legislature\u2019s willingness to work with me to pass a legally compliant map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has <a href=\"https:\/\/supreme.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/us\/478\/30\/#tab-opinion-1956756\">ruled<\/a> that states may be required to draw majority-minority districts to prevent the \u201c.\u201d Other constitutional requirements for redistricting include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supremecourt\/text\/377\/533\">compactness<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/1992\/92-357\">preservation<\/a> of non-racial communities of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/01\/new-york-nicole-malliotakis-jerrold-nadler-gerrymandering-orthodox-jews\/\">interest<\/a>. The DeSantis administration has argued that the maps passed by the legislature violate those requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The governor had previously threatened to veto the maps as they were considered by the Florida state House. The maps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2022\/102\">passed<\/a> 67-37 in the House, and 24-15 in the Senate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I will veto the congressional reapportionment plan currently being debated by the House. DOA.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1499769316618772486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senate President Wilton Simpson and House Speaker Chris Sprowl expressed dismay at the veto in a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/PublishedContent\/Offices\/2020-2022\/President\/Documents\/3_29_22_Special_Session_2022C.pdf\">statement<\/a>, while announcing a special session of the legislature from April 19-22. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/25\/court-rejects-maryland-redistricting-gerrymandering\/\">(RELATED: Court Throws Out Maryland\u2019s Congressional Maps Over Partisan Gerrymandering)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span id=\"page3R_mcid17\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Notwithstanding the<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">delay<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ed<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">census<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">during the 2022<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Regular S<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ession,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">F<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">l<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">orida<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">s<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Legislature <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">passed new<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">House and Senate<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">maps with<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">stro<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ng<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">bipartisan support<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">.<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">For the first time in nearly a <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">century<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the Legislature<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2019<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">s<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">maps were<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">not<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">challenged<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">by<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a single<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">party<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">, and e<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">arlier this month <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">were declared valid by the Florida<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Supreme<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Court<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">,\u201d they said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Floridians voted in 2010 to pass a constitutional <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Florida_Legislative_District_Boundaries,_Amendment_5_(2010)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amendment<\/a> prohibiting districts from being \u201cdrawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florida was one of six states to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/12\/census-bureau-redistricting-data-new-maps-legal-challenges-elections-2022\/\">gain<\/a> at least one congressional seat, following the 2020 census. With 28 seats, it has the third-largest House delegation of any state, behind California and Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a pair of congressional maps passed by fellow Republicans in the Florida state legislature on Tuesday, setting up an April special session for the body.The legislature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1408116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}