BREAKING: New York's highest court strikes down congressional & state Senate maps

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2. "we agree with petitioners and the court that the congressional map was unconstitutional

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we agree with petitioners and the court that the congressional map was unconstitutionalin that it violated article III, § 4 (c) (5), which provides as relevant here that “[d]istricts shall not be drawn to discourage competition or for the purpose of favoring or disfavoring incumbents or other particular candidates or political parties.”
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We conclude that evidence of the largely one-party process used to enact the 2022 congressional map, a comparison of the 2022 congressional map to the 2012 congressional map, and the expert opinion and supporting analysis of Sean P. Trende, met petitioners’ burden of establishing that the 2022 congressional map was drawn to discourage competition and favor democrats in violation of article III, § 4 (c) (5).
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Whole 14 page decision...
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-04-20-NY-order-.pdf