Appeals Court Finds that Democrats Illegally Drew New Congressional Districts

Late Thursday, a New York State mid-level appeals court found that Democrats illegally created new congressional districts to unjustly benefit their own party, Fox News informed.

Democrats created congressional districts unconstitutionally “to hinder competition or to favor or disfavor incumbents or other particular candidates or political parties,” according to a panel of five justices.

Two of the judges expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision.

According to the judges, Democratic lawmakers drew up the congressional redistricting map for 2022 “without any Republican involvement,” and the map was approved by the legislature “without no Republican vote in favor.”

A group of Republican voters said the maps were redistricted and filed a suit in state court, asking for the maps to be ruled out and the congressional primary to be postponed until late August.

They claim that by doing so, the state will have sufficient time to create fresh maps.

The maps, according to Democrats’ attorneys, are more than reasonable to Republicans, who lost their decades-long control of the state Senate in 2018 but won some key swing seats.

The new maps, according to Democrats, preserve minority voting rights and reflect population decrease in upstate towns that were historically Republican strongholds.

Last month, a lower-court judge ruled that New York’s new maps were unconstitutionally redistricted and that the legislative maps should be ruled out due to the fact that lawmakers overstepped their power in adopting them.

State Senate and Assembly Attorneys as well as attorneys for Governor Kathy Hochul filed an appeal, claiming that the judge erred in limiting the Legislature’s power.

Arguments were heard by a panel of five mid-level appeals court judges on Wednesday.

The case has now been sent to New York’s highest court, which could hear oral arguments as soon as next week.

The decision will have significant ramifications for Democrats heading into the June 28 primary, which will be followed by the November midterm elections.