Breaking: Federal District Court Holds that Georgia’s New Congressional Redistricting Plan Complies with Remedial Order in Voting Rights Case, Rejecting Plaintiffs’ Objections

You can find the opinion here. The court in a footnote leaves open the possibility that plaintiffs in a new case could make an argument that the failure to create a coalition district under the Legislature’s new plan in one of the congressional districts is a new VRA violation. That issue, however, will not be litigated in time for the 2024 elections.

Given that Judge Jones, who initially found a Voting Rights Act section 2 violation, has accepted the legislature’s new plan as curing the violation, it seems highly unlikely that plaintiffs will get this matter overturned on an emergency basis if they seek emergency relief. (And chances of prevailing on a regular appeal seem quite uncertain given the findings here.)

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