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BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court greenlights the GOP's newly enacted gerrymander for use in the 2026 midterms
The Florida Supreme Court has cleared the way for Republicans to use Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) gerrymandered congressional map in 2026, despite the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
The only judge to dissent from the order was the sole state Supreme Court justice who was not appointed by DeSantis.
In its decision, the court’s majority declined to weigh in on the map itself, effectively allowing it to be used this year. But Justice Jorge Labarga, the lone dissenting judge, rebuked the court, insisting it should have intervened as it did in past elections.
“For a second time in fewer than three years, in a substantively similar context, the district court has elected a path of delayed appellate review,” Labarga wrote. “Only this time, the votes of even more Floridians are at stake.”
Justice Adam S. Tanenbaum disagreed in a fiery concurrence.
“There is no need for special treatment in this case,” Tanenbaum wrote, reasoning that “this court in the past has allowed congressional elections to move forward on redistricting plans that have been declared, directly or indirectly, to be unconstitutional.”
The only judge to dissent from the order was the sole state Supreme Court justice who was not appointed by DeSantis.
In its decision, the court’s majority declined to weigh in on the map itself, effectively allowing it to be used this year. But Justice Jorge Labarga, the lone dissenting judge, rebuked the court, insisting it should have intervened as it did in past elections.
“For a second time in fewer than three years, in a substantively similar context, the district court has elected a path of delayed appellate review,” Labarga wrote. “Only this time, the votes of even more Floridians are at stake.”
Justice Adam S. Tanenbaum disagreed in a fiery concurrence.
“There is no need for special treatment in this case,” Tanenbaum wrote, reasoning that “this court in the past has allowed congressional elections to move forward on redistricting plans that have been declared, directly or indirectly, to be unconstitutional.”
BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court greenlights the GOP's newly enacted gerrymander for use in the 2026 midterms, despite the state's voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
— Democracy Docket (@democracydocket.com) 2026-06-10T21:07:02.868Z
With the new map, Republicans could gain up to four more seats in Congress.
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