#j lee marsh

[tomorrowusa]

A circuit judge in Leon County, which includes the capital of Florida, has struck down Ron DeSantis's gerrymandered US House map for Florida.

A judge in Florida has ruled in favor of voting rights groups that filed a lawsuit against a congressional redistricting map approved by Ron DeSantis in 2022. Voting rights groups had criticized the map for diluting political power in Black communities. In the ruling, Leon county circuit judge J Lee Marsh sent the map back to the Florida legislature to be redrawn in a way that complies with the state’s constitution. “Under the stipulated facts (in the lawsuit), plaintiffs have shown that the enacted plan results in the diminishment of Black voters’ ability to elect their candidate of choice in violation of the Florida constitution,” Marsh wrote in the ruling. The ruling is expected to be appealed by the state, likely putting the case before the Florida supreme court.

DeSantis had rejected a somewhat gerrymandered map his rubber stamp legislature had drawn and insisted that it pass his super-gerrymandered alternative instead. That's the map Judge Marsh threw out.

I don't know how independent the Florida Supreme Court is these days, but that looks like the next stop for this case.

The lawsuit focused on a north Florida congressional district previously represented by the Democrat Al Lawson, who is Black. Lawson’s district was carved up into districts represented by white Republicans. DeSantis vetoed a map that initially preserved Lawson’s district in 2022, submitting his own map and calling a special legislative session demanding state legislators accept it. Judge Marsh rejected claims from Florida Republicans that the state’s provision against weakening or eliminating minority-dominant districts violated the US constitution. “This is a significant victory in the fight for fair representation for Black Floridians,” said Olivia Mendoza, director of litigation and policy for the National Redistricting Foundation, an affiliate of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, in a statement. “As a result, the current discriminatory map should be replaced with a map that restores the fifth congressional district in a manner that gives Black voters the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice.” In 2022, the Florida Legislative Black Caucus labeled the DeSantis-approved congressional map as voter suppression. The map resulted in Florida Republicans picking up four congressional seats in the state, increasing Republican representatives from 16 to 20 out of 28 seats and helping Republicans seal a slim majority in the House in 2022.

Of course DeSantis will complain that permitting fair representation is "woke" and may try to get Judge Marsh fired in retaliation for the ruling.

For fair representation nationally, consider supporting the National Democratic Redistricting Committee.

Home - National Democratic Redistricting Committee

#florida #gerrymandering #ron desantis #us house of representatives #florida legislature #leon county #j lee marsh #florida supreme court #unconstitutional desantis map #al lawson #african americans #national democratic redistricting committee #fair representation #election 2024

[forthegothicheroine]

What to Read After Dracula

If you want to read more Stoker: Dracula’s Guest and Other Stories by Bram Stoker

If you want more foundational genre-defining gothics: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

If you want homoerotic vampirism that’s both intriguing and problematic: Carmilla by J. Sheridan le Fanu

If you want a gothic heroine fighting against the villain trying to possess her: A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott

If you want a protagonist entering an extremely fucked up old money home and fighting for their freedom: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia

If you want basically the same plot as Dracula but a lot more batshit and can put up with 1800s racism: The Beetle by Richard Marsh

If you want a modern take on Dracula that acknowledges the sexual assault subtext: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (note: this one is very hit or miss, people either love it or hate it)

If you want academics fighting ancient evil and an actual implied cameo by Dracula: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft (my personal favorite Lovecraft!)

If you want morally ambiguous mad scientists: The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson (and read the rest of the stories in it while you’re at it!)

If you want rootin’ tootin’ Americans fighting gothic monsters: Pigeons from Hell by Robert E. Howard

If you want a gothic mystery with a spooky villain: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

If you want an implied polycule where a nerdy lady does all the real mystery solving: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

If you want the kind of vampire romance Dracula has become in pop culture: A Taste of Blood Wine by Freda Warrington

If you want something campier: Haunted Castles by Ray Russell

If you want something sexier: The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

If you want something weirder: Blood 20 by Tanith Lee

If you want to read foreign bootleg Dracula: Powers of Darkness or Dracula in Istanbul, both creatively mistranslated from Bram Stoker

#dracula #gothic literature #dracula daily #books

[instruth]

Marshes And Swamps

marshes thrive

among the dead

the swamps alive

on the delta bed

crickets’ whistles

the air rests still

thorns of thistles

prick a sharp chill

dangling weeds

tiny bells chime

the daily feeds

in nature’s time

sideoats long

wild grass steer

dippers plong

ballerinas cheer

to sways and blows

ripples dance

clapping flows

an encore chance

princely fries

surf on waters

damselflies

to what matters

in mating cries

a new generation

in propagation

by nature’s tools

in wild population

the jungle rules

©Johnny J P Lee

09 January 2024

Gogyoshiren Poem (30)

Photos: Album Collections

(Photographers Unknown)

#poetryportal #writerscreeds #smittenbypoetry #spilledwords #writingthestorm #poeticstories #inkstainsandheartbeats

[mydreamsaremynightmare]

Masterlist (Updated)

Hey!! I'm so sorry for being gone so long and not updating anything. Life has kinda sucked, but it's getting better slowly but surely. HOPEFULLY, I might start posting again, but I have changed some things. So here are the updated people/things I write for!

Started: 3.31.24

Last updated:----

Stranger Things

Oneshot, Imagines, Reactions, Fluff, Angst

Steve Harrington

Robin Buckley

Lucas Sinclair

Dustin Henderson

Max Mayfield

Mike Wheeler

Nancy Wheeler

Eleven

Jonathan Byers

Will Byers

Eddie Munson

BTS

Oneshot, Imagines, Reactions, Fluff, Angst

Kim Namjoon (RM)

Kim Seokjin (Jin)

Min Yoongi (Suga)

Jung Hoseok (J-Hope)

Park Jimin (Jimin)

Kim Taehyung (V)

Jeon Jungkook (Jungkook)

Date Night

Stray Kids

Oneshot, Imagines, Reactions, Fluff, Angst

Christopher Bang (Bangchan)

Lee Min Ho (Leeknow)

Seo Chang Bin (Changbin)

Hwang Hyun Jin (Hyunjin)

Lee Felix (Felix/Yongbok)

Kim Seung Min (Seungmin)

Yang Jeongin (I.N.)

IT

Oneshot, Imagines, Reactions, Fluff, Angst

(Older & Younger)

Richie Tozier

Disant pt. 1 pt. 2

Beverly Marsh

Eddie Kaspbrak

Ben Hanscom

Mike Hanlon

Bill Denbrough

Stanley Uris

This is going to be who I write for for now, unless you have any suggestions/requests and I will either give it a shot or say I won't be able to do it. ALSO, I might try and do text posts for some of these!

Love ya Chickadies <3!

#bts #skz #stray kids #IT #bill denbrough #max mayfield #eleven #it chapter 1 #it chapter 2 #fluff #reactions #imagines #oneshots #humor #angst #tv shows #richie tozier #beverly marsh #kim namjoon #rm #jungkook #jimin #suga #taehyung #bangchan #lee know #lee felix #seungmin #IN #Mike Wheeler

[el-im]

2023

key ↻ = re-read ☞ = continuing (started previously) ✑ = for school ☏ = others recommended and/or gifted to me ✧ = favorites 𓆱 = northern arizona

- hard aground by james w. wall - ↻ moby-dick; or, the whale by herman melville - shockwave by paul ruditis - the expanse by j. m. dillard - last full measure by michael a. martin & andy mangels - surprise! by nichelle nichols, sondra marshak, & myrna culbreath - the good that men do by michael a. martin & andy mangels - and how are you, doctor sacks?: a biographical memoir of oliver sacks by lawrence weschler - how to change your mind: what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence by michael pollan - ✑ rhetoric and human consciousness: a history (5th ed) by craig r. smith - ✑ how english works: a linguistic introduction (3rd ed) by anne curzan and michael p. adams - ✑ goodbye to all that by joan didion - ✑ disappearance by carrie brownstein - ✑ debts and lessons by zadie smith - ✑ baby yeah by anthony veasna so - bone in the throat by anthony bourdain - the man who loved alien landscapes by albert wendland - ✑ notice by jessica handler - ✑ joyas voladoras by brian doyle - ✑ proxies: essays near knowing by brian blanchfield - ↻ night sea journey by john barthes - ✑ consider the lobster by david foster wallace - admissions: a life in brain surgery by henry marsh - dino: living high in the dirty business of dreams by nick tosches - ✑ the book of delights: essays by ross gay - frank sinatra has a cold by gay talese - inventing jerry lewis by frank krutnik - ✑ whatever the weather by linda tran - ✑ the gift of strawberries by robin wall-kimmerer - fried walleye and cherry pie: midwestern writers on food, edited by peggy wolff - tomorrow and beyond: masterpieces of science fiction art, edited by ian summers - stories and prose poems by aleksandr solzhenitsyn, trans. michael glenny - ✑ in cold blood by truman capote - w. h. auden: selected poems, edited by edward mendelson - 95 poems by e. e. cummings  - ↻ dawn by elie wiesel - ☏ 20020: the future of college football by jon bois - ☏ the postman by david brin - slouching towards bethlehem by joan didion - who by fire: leonard cohen in the sinai by matti friedman - in the house upon the dirt between the lake and the woods by matt bell - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: an inquiry into values by robert m. pirsig - ✑ essays one by lydia davis - the book of eulogies: a collection of memorial tributes, poetry, essays, and letters of condolence, edited by phyllis theroux - ✧ kneller's happy campers by etgar keret - the bus driver who wanted to be god and other stories by etgar keret - ↻ where the sidewalk ends: poems and drawings by shel silverstein - aperture 12:4, 1964, edited by minor white - the complete peanuts, 1959-1960 by charles m. shultz - ✧ letters to milena by franz kafka - aredo by grace smith - the last lecture by randy pausch & jeffrey zaslow - the bug wars by robert asprin  - leaves of grass: “first” and “death-bed” editions by walt whitman - something alive by keegan grau - ↻ moby dick; or, the whale by herman melville - hunger makes me a modern girl by carrie brownstein  - ✧ our numbered days by neil hilborn - book of mercy by leonard cohen - some ether by nick flynn - death of a lady's man by leonard cohen - the white album by joan didion - in fact: the best of creative nonfiction, edited by lee gutkind - ✧ kurt vonnegut: letters, edited by dan wakefield - spent saints & other stories by brian jabas smith - reckless daughter: a profile of joni mitchell by david yaffe - day by elie wiesel - william carlos williams: the collected poems 1909-1939, edited by walton litz and christopher macgowan - 𓆱 quench your thirst with salt: essays by nicole walker - 𓆱 package fever by anahi molina - 𓆱 tumbling toward awareness by anahi molina - 𓆱 if i could just see the levee from my backyard by anahi molina - 𓆱 undertones by anahi molina - 𓆱 building the dream: lego friends and the construction of human capital by christopher schaberg, ginger grimstein, waverly evans, paige franckiewicz, nino hernandez, terran lumpkin, anahi molina, & adelaide wight - 𓆱 interview with margarida vale de gato by anahi molina - love in the time of cholera by gabriel garcía márquez, trans. edith grossman - bagombo snuff box: uncollected short fiction by kurt vonnegut - 𓆱 evening with grandma by anahi molina - 𓆱 the gods are dead by anahi molina - 𓆱 namesakes by anahi molina - ☏ a book of common prayer: a novel by joan didion - grapefruit: a book of instructions and drawings by yoko ono - ☏ bluets by maggie nelson - cradle book: stories & fables by craig morgan teicher - ☏↻ the gift: poems by hafiz, the great sufi master, trans. daniel ladinsky - ☏ i heard god laughing: renderings of hafiz by daniel ladinsky - hunger: a memoir of (my) body by roxane gay - our babies, ourselves: how biology and culture shape the way we parent by meredith f. small - ☏ the overstory: a novel by richard powers  - ☏ having and being had by eula biss - the two cultures and the scientific revolution by c. p. snow - ☏ dogsucker: the written oral by lawrence lenhart - 𓆱 backvalley ferrets: a rewilding of the colorado plateau by lawrence lenhart  - post office by charles bukowski - consider the lobster and other essays by david foster wallace - zoologies: on animals and the human spirit by alison hawthorne-deming - ↻ the rainbabies by laura krauss melmed - billions & billions: thoughts of life and death at the brink of the millenium by carl sagan - ☏ zami: a new spelling of my name: a biomythography by audre lorde - the paper menagerie by ken liu - ☏ the member of the wedding by carson mccullers  - the handsomest drowned man in the world by gabriel garcía márquez  - the joy of sex by alex comfort  - open all night: new poems by charles bukowski - ham on rye by charles bukowski - howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones - ☏ norwegian wood by haruki murakami  - the gales of november: the sinking of the edmund fitzgerald by robert j. hemming - ✑ the rise of silas lapham by william dean howells - ✑ girl by jamaica kincid - everyone but me wrote this by anahi molina - ✑ a rose for emily by william faulkner - ✑ sister carrie by theodore dreiser - ✑ in praise of gossip by patricia meyer spacks - ✑ the husband stitch by carmen maria machado - ✑ the way the end of days should be by diane cook - ✑ the tomb of wrestling by jo ann beard  - ✑ oronooko: or, the royal slave by aphra behn - ✑ the jungle by upton sinclair  ☇ new york times article reading list - ✑ bless me, ultima by rudolfo anaya - ✑ kindred by octavia butler - ✑ the awakening by kate chopin - ✑ behave: the biology of humans at our best and worst by robert sapolsky - ☏ happening by annie ernaux - ✑ m. butterfly by david henry hwang - ✑ my ántonia by willa cather - here is your war by ernie pyle - ✑ the whale caller by zakes mda  - ✑ sáanii dahataał / the women are singing: poems and stories by luci tapahonso - ✑ in dubious battle by john steinbeck  - ↻ sarah, plain and tall by patricia mclachlan - ✑ “the rockpile” by james baldwin - i will not leave you comfortless: a memoir by jeremy jackson - fifty famous people by james baldwin  - ✑ “shiloh” by bobbie ann mason - ✑ “cathedral” by raymond carver  - you get so alone sometimes that it just makes sense by charles bukowski - ✑ slaughterhouse-five by kurt vonnegut  - dead babies by martin amis

-> view december

#booklist #YEAR TWO! #will b updating w links as i go along.

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Reviews for Week 28, 2022

Cortical interneurons in autism. Contractor, A., Ethell, I. M., & Portera-Cailliau, C. (2021). Nature Neuroscience, 24(12), 1648–1659.

The road towards understanding embodied decisions. Gordon, J., Maselli, A., Lancia, G. L., Thiery, T., Cisek, P., & Pezzulo, G. (2021). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 131, 722–736.

Oxytocin and the Neurobiology of Prosocial Behavior. Marsh, N., Marsh, A. A., Lee, M. R., & Hurlemann, R. (2021). The Neuroscientist, 27(6), 604–619.

The visual environment and attention in decision making. Orquin, J. L., Lahm, E. S., & Stojić, H. (2021). Psychological Bulletin, 147(6), 597–617.

#science #Neuroscience #computational neuroscience #Brain science #research #reviews #cognition #scientific publications

[ridenwithbiden]

Here's how atheist candidates fared in the 2022 elections

There are at least 15 nonreligious state senators.

This is a jump from 10 just two years ago. While they use different labels to describe themselves, these legislators show that you can represent people of faith even when you don’t believe in a Higher Power yourself.

Sen. Stanley Chang (HI)

Geoff Schroeder (ID)

Pinny Beebe-Center (NH)

Sen. William Brownsberger (MA)

Sen. Jeff Irwin (MI)

Sen. Jen McEwen (MN)

Sen. Megan Hunt (NE)

Sen. Andrew Zwicker (NJ) (wasn’t on the ballot)

Sen. William Peter Soules (NM) (wasn’t on the ballot)

Sen. Julie Mayfield (NC)

Nate Blouin (UT)

Rep. Rebecca White (VT)

Sen. Dick McCormack (VT)

Sen. Melissa Agard (WI) (wasn’t on the ballot)

Sen. Kelda Roys (WI) (wasn’t on the ballot)

Those whose races have not been called yet:

Jeanne Casteen (AZ)

Sen. Juan Mendez (AZ)

Brian Nash (CA)

Maria Peterson (IL)

You can see from the list that the senators include challengers, former state representatives, and incumbents whose open nonreligiosity wasn’t a dealbreaker for voters.

There are at least 44 nonreligious state representatives

With several races yet to be called, this is heading toward a record number of nonreligious State House members.

Jennifer Longdon (AZ)

Rep. Melody Hernandez (AZ)

Rep. Athena Salman (AZ)

Rep. Karen McCormick (CO)

Rep. Brianna Titone (CO)

Rep. Chris Kennedy (CO)

Rep. Judy Amabile (CO)

Rep. Cathy Kipp (CO)

Rep. Joshua Elliott (CT)

Rep. Roland J. Lemar (CT)

Rep. Paul Baumbach (DE)

Rep. Eric Morrison (DE)

Rep. Anna Eskamani (FL)

Elinor Levin (IA)

Rep. Lynne Williams (ME)

Rep. Lois Reckitt (ME)

Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr (MD)

Rep. David Moon (MD)

Rep. Jim Hawkins (MA)

Rep. Tram Nguyen (MA)

Rep. Mike Freiberg (MI)

Bob Carter (MT)

Rep. Rochelle Nguyen (NV)

Rep. Howard Watts III (NV)

Carry Spier (NH)

Rep. Sherry Dutzy (NH)

Rep. Amanda Bouldin (NH)

Rep. Kat McGhee (NH)

Rep. Jacqueline Chretien (NH)

Rep. Ellen Read (NH)

Rep. Harvey Epstein (NY)

Rep. Pam Marsh (OR)

Rep. Julie Fahey (OR)

Emily Kinkead (PA)

Mark Rozzi (PA)

Robert Ziegler (PA)

Rep. Chris Rabb (PA)

Rep. Jon Rosenthal (TX)

Rep. Robin Scheu (VT)

Rep. Kathleen James (VT)

Rep. Barbara Rachelson (VT)

Monique Priestley (VT)

Rep. Strom Peterson (WA)

Rep. Francesca Hong (WI)

Those whose races have not been called yet:

Sara Aminzadeh (CA)

Alex Lee (CA)

Stephanie Vigil (CO)

Jennifer Parenti (CO)

Brooke Grossman (MD)

Joey Andrews (MI)

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (NH)

Wendy Thomas (NH)

Holly Hillhouse (NH)

Melanie Renfrew-Hebert (NH)

Courtney Neron (OR)

Zach Hudson (OR)

Rep. Ashlee Matthews (UT)

Mike Rice (VT)

Jessica Wadhams (WA)

As you can see, there’s a mix of incumbents and challengers, including in several red states.

[muznew]

Beatport In The Remix 2024: Breaks / UK Bass

- Artists: Beatport DATE CREATED: 2024-03-06 GENRES: Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass Tracklist : 1. Breeder - Twilo Thunder(Lee Jordan's Twisted 909 Remix) 2. Hawke, God Within - Acid Funk (Rabbit in the Moon's Tune In-strumental Mix)(Rabbit in the Moon's Tune In-strumental Mix) 3. Chrissy - You Don't Have To Worry(Big Ang Rave Remix) 4. Phoebe Tsen, Modera - From Walks Of Life(Banyan Extended Remix) 5. Lee Coombs, Guau - Tech Phunk(Guau Remix) 6. The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Pulseforge(Sergei Orange Remix) 7. Huda Hudia - When I Move My Body(DJ Brownie's 2024 Remix) 8. MIAU - Catificial(Bad Legs Remix) 9. Dubaxface, J-Mag - Never Give Up (feat. J-Mag)(Menges remix) 10. Marsh - Elation(Otik Remix) 11. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lufthaus - Immortal feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor(Because of Art Extended Remix) 12. The Darrow Chem Syndicate - War And Love(BasStyler & Tiburón Remix) 13. Chad Andrew - Invisible Pass(Kolter Big City Mix) 14. -Urbano- - Goes(Remix) 15. Read the full article

[djmusicbest]

Beatport In The Remix 2024: Breaks / UK Bass

- Artists: Beatport DATE CREATED: 2024-03-06 GENRES: Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass Tracklist : 1. Breeder - Twilo Thunder(Lee Jordan's Twisted 909 Remix) 2. Hawke, God Within - Acid Funk (Rabbit in the Moon's Tune In-strumental Mix)(Rabbit in the Moon's Tune In-strumental Mix) 3. Chrissy - You Don't Have To Worry(Big Ang Rave Remix) 4. Phoebe Tsen, Modera - From Walks Of Life(Banyan Extended Remix) 5. Lee Coombs, Guau - Tech Phunk(Guau Remix) 6. The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Pulseforge(Sergei Orange Remix) 7. Huda Hudia - When I Move My Body(DJ Brownie's 2024 Remix) 8. MIAU - Catificial(Bad Legs Remix) 9. Dubaxface, J-Mag - Never Give Up (feat. J-Mag)(Menges remix) 10. Marsh - Elation(Otik Remix) 11. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lufthaus - Immortal feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor(Because of Art Extended Remix) 12. The Darrow Chem Syndicate - War And Love(BasStyler & Tiburón Remix) 13. Chad Andrew - Invisible Pass(Kolter Big City Mix) 14. -Urbano- - Goes(Remix) 15. Read the full article

[sereneres]

H hong ew >< — notes: a menace huh yj :) — notes: wine aunt wo the wine

J jang ky :) — notes: cat #1

K kang haerin >:3 — notes: cat #2 kim dd :P — notes: dododododok kim lz ⌃⌃ — notes: bby (she’s older than me) kim mj </3 — notes: n/a kim mj :P — notes: sucks ass.

L lee hy :) — notes: bby #2 (actual bby) lee ls :) — notes: bby #3 lee chyg ⌃⌃ — notes: funny beanstalk

M marsh dn ⌃⌃ — notes: sunshine frfr miyawaki sk :D — notes: mom

N nakamura zh <3 — notes: n/a

P pham hn :) — notes: eunchae but worse.

#sereneres #seren.indulgence #lsfm.yn

[klbmsw]

[mongowheelie]

Florida judge blocks DeSantis’ redistricting map 'that targeted Black voters with precision': report - Alternet.org

[instruth]

Marshes And Swamps

marshes alive

among the dead

the swamps live

on the delta bed

crickets’ whistles

the air rests still

thorns of thistles

prick a windy chill

dangling weeds

by tiny bells chime

the daily feeds

in nature’s time

sideoats long

wild grass steer

dippers plong

ballerinas cheer

to windy blows

ripples dance

clapping shows

an encore chance

princely fries

dash on waters

damselflies

in mating cries

as life matters

propagation

a new generation

by nature’s tools

in a quiet nation

the wild rules

©Johnny J P Lee

10 January 2023

Gogyoshiren Poem (30)

Photos, J. P. Lee (last five)

8 Album Collections

(Photographers Unknown)

#poetryportal #writerscreeds #smittenbypoetry #writtenconsiderstions #acrobat888 #the subservient human

[shahananasrin-blog]

[ad_1] The Florida redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis supports is unconstitutional and cannot be used, a state judge ruled Saturday.Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that the redistricting plan diminishes the ability fo black voters to elect their chosen candidates, particularly in the state's northern region. Marsh's order mandates that the state government begin producing a new map for congressional elections, though DeSantis' administration is likely to appeal the decision.Central to the case is former U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., whose district splintered under the new map. The lawmaker, who is black, had previously enjoyed support from a wide base of black voters in the district, but he lost his race by 20 points under the new map.Republicans in the Florida legislature had previously introduced a redistricting map that likely would have allowed Lawson to win re-election, but the DeSantis administration put forward its own version of the map and vowed to veto any other.DESANTIS SAYS ‘SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE’ IN FLORIDA FROM HURRICANE IDALIA, DOZENS OF RESCUES The Florida redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis supports is unconstitutional and cannot be used, a state judge ruled Saturday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)The legal battle comes as DeSantis manages disaster response from Hurricane Idalia as well as a 2024 presidential campaign.The governor snubbed President Biden during his visit to Florida this weekend. Biden's administration had indicated that they thought the pair would meet to survey disaster recovery efforts on Saturday, but no such meeting occurred.TROPICAL STORM IDALIA IMPACTS NORTH CAROLINA AFTER BARRELING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN STATES"In these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts," said DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern. The governor snubbed President Biden during his visit to Florida this weekend. Biden's administration had indicated that they thought the pair would meet to survey disaster recovery efforts on Saturday, but no such meeting occurred. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)DESANTIS SAYS ‘SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE’ IN FLORIDA FROM HURRICANE IDALIA, DOZENS OF RESCUESThe president announced his intention to visit Florida during a press conference from the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Biden has demanded Congress pass more disaster relief funding as soon as possible — upping his original request of $12 billion to $16 billion. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"There was just no indication that he was not going to be there," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of DeSantis on Saturday.Fox News' Timothy Nerozzi and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to [email protected], or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders. [ad_2]

[dnaamericaapp]

There’s No Surprise DeSantis' Florida Redistricting Map Is Unconstitutional, Judge Says It Must Be Redrawn

A Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being used for any future U.S. congressional elections since it diminishes the ability of Black voters in north Florida to pick a representative of their choice, a state judge ruled Saturday.

Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh sent the plan back to the Florida Legislature with instructions that lawmakers should draw a new congressional map that complies with the Florida Constitution.

The voting rights groups that challenged the plan in court “have shown that the enacted plan results in the diminishment of Black voters’ ability to elect their candidate of choice in violation of the Florida Constitution,” Marsh wrote.

The decision was the latest to strike down new congressional maps in Southern states over concerns that they diluted Black voting power.

Every 10 years — following a once-a-decade census — lawmakers in all 50 states, including Florida, redraw political boundaries.

DeSantis, a candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, was criticized for essentially drawing Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, who is Black, out of office by carving up his district and dividing a large number of Black voters into conservative districts represented by white Republicans.

In an unprecedented move, DeSantis interjected himself into the redistricting process last year by vetoing the Republican-dominated Legislature’s map that preserved Lawson’s district. He called a special session, submitted his own map and demanded lawmakers accept it.

The Florida judge rejected defense arguments from Republican lawmakers that the state’s provision against weakening or eliminating minority-dominant districts violated the U.S. Constitution. -(source: nbc news)

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