The ruling comes after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley submitted an amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit last year backing the provision.
A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that blocked Georgia’s new voting maps, sending the case back for reconsideration under stricter standards established by a recent Supreme Court decision. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a lower court’s ruling that Georgia’s post-2020 voting maps […]
A federal appeals court has vacated a ruling that blocked Georgia’s new voting maps, sending the case back for reconsideration under stricter standards established by a recent Supreme Court decision. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has vacated a lower court’s ruling that Georgia’s post-2020 voting maps violated the Voting Rights Act, sending the case back for reconsideration under new legal standards. This decision means Georgia’s current district maps will remain in place for now. DETAIL: The case was initially decided by U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, a Barack Obama appointee, who ruled that Georgia’s maps diluted the voting strength of black voters and ordered additional…Open
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