{"id":1486719,"date":"2022-05-21T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T12:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486719"},"modified":"2022-05-21T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T12:31:40","slug":"desantis-congressional-map-reinstated-by-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-congressional-map-reinstated-by-court\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis\u2019 Congressional Map Reinstated by Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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-congressional-map-reinstated-by-court%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=1486719&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<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> Florida appeals court reinstated a GOP-friendly map Friday signed by Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>, overturning a prior ruling blocking the map from taking effect. <\/p>\n<p>The 1st District Court of Appeals put a stay on a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/judge-to-strike-down-desantiss-preferred-congressional-map-as-unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prior court injunction<\/a> as it evaluates that decision, allowing the map to go back into effect amid a legal battle over the state&#8217;s congressional apportionment that could head to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida?00000161-3498-db21-a1e3-b5dbaf7b0000-page=71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the exigency of the circumstances and the need for certainty and continuity as election season approaches, on the court&#8217;s own motion, the stay of the temporary injunction is reinstated pending the court&#8217;s disposition of the motion for review of the trial court&#8217;s vacatur of the automatic stay, which will be promptly forthcoming,&#8221; the 1st District Court of Appeals <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1527669895072194560\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/judge-to-strike-down-desantiss-preferred-congressional-map-as-unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JUDGE TO STRIKE DOWN DESANTIS&#8217;S PREFERRED CONGRESSIONAL MAP AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>A final decision on the lawfulness of last week&#8217;s lower court ruling had not been made. The court has simply stayed the order while it evaluates the prior decision. <\/p>\n<p>But the court signaled it may be poised to nix the entire ruling, noting there was a &#8220;high likelihood&#8221; the order was &#8220;unlawful.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court has determined there is a high likelihood that the temporary injunction is unlawful, because by awarding a preliminary remedy to the appellees&#8217; on their claim, the order &#8216;frustrated the status quo, rather than preserved it,'&#8221; the court wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The ruling is the latest in a string of head-spinning back-and-forth battles over the map. Last week, a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/judge-to-strike-down-desantiss-preferred-congressional-map-as-unconstitutional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">judge issued a temporary injunction<\/a> and ordered the state to use a new map that restored the state&#8217;s 5th Congressional District. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/desantis-vetoes-gop-backed-florida-congressional-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis fought<\/a> with fellow Republicans in the state legislature to change the 5th Congressional District, which he decried as racially gerrymandered. The legislature ultimately caved and sent him a map that broke up the district, which Judge Layne Smith, a DeSantis-appointed judge, said breached the Fair Districts Amendment because it diminished the power of minority voters. <\/p>\n<p>That order was then stayed automatically because of the state&#8217;s appeal, allowing the map back into effect. A judge then <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/jaxtrib.org\/2022\/05\/16\/florida-judge-orders-officials-to-use-new-congressional-redistricting-map-florida-redistricting-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lifted the stay<\/a> Monday, nixing the map again prior to the Friday ruling. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been keen on toppling the DeSantis-backed map, which was poised to boost Republicans&#8217; 16-11 congressional advantage to 20-8. The state received an additional seat due to the latest census. Smith&#8217;s ruling was set to cost Republicans at least one of those seats. The Sunshine State has been one of the GOP&#8217;s top redistricting boons of the cycle. <\/p>\n<p>The ruling on Friday marks another redistricting loss for Democrats following a New York <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/court-drawn-house-map-could-devastate-democratic-chances-in-midterm-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special master proposal<\/a> on Monday that obliterated Democratic gains in the Empire State and put several incumbent Democrats on collision courses for contentious primary elections. A version of that map is expected to be enacted into law on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida appeals court reinstated a GOP-friendly map Friday signed by Gov. 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