The gerrymandered lines drawn in 2022 that would have made Democrats the favorites were thrown out on procedural grounds.
An appeals court in Albany on Thursday heard arguments on whether new district lines for congressional seats in New York should be redrawn. | Hans Pennink/AP PhotoALBANY, N.Y. — A legal challenge that could eventually give New York Democrats a second crack at drawing new congressional district lines continued to work its way through the courts on Thursday, with a mid-level state appellate court hearing arguments that could restart redistricting by the end of the summer.
“For all their pontificating and high-minded rhetoric about trying to defend democracy, well here they’re trying to subvert it,” former Rep. John Faso, who has helped guide the GOP’s legal strategy around redistricting in recent years, said after the hearing. “Their goal here, if they win, is to put this case back into the backrooms of Albany and D.C. so they can gerrymander the whole state.”
At issue now is whether the maps drawn by the courts were a one-off deal used only for the 2022 elections. Republicans argue that such a solution would be off the table. They point to constitutional language that says that any redistricting plans “shall be in force” until after the next decennial census “unless modified pursuant to a court order.”
And the case will almost certainly end up back before the Court of Appeals no matter what Thursday’s judges wind up deciding.
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