Phoenix68
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"Czarist Ron DeSantis just prevailed in a standoff with the Republican-run legislature over the state’s congressional districts. After the legislature drew new districts that maintained the GOP advantage (Republicans currently hold 16 of the state’s 27 seats), DeSantis decided it wasn’t good enough; he drew his own map and vetoed the legislature’s. Experts say DeSantis’s map clearly violates both the Florida Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. (Among other problems, it eliminates two majority-Black districts.) But the legislature has bent the knee to DeSantis, turning over the map-drawing process to him.
What’s he up to? According to NBC News, sources close to the governor say that “DeSantis wanted a court fight focused on provisions in the federal Voting Rights Act, as well as the state’s Constitution, that generally prohibit the dilution of minority voting strength.”
That would make this stunt like state laws that outlaw abortion, knowing that doing so is unconstitutional — for now. DeSantis, who clearly wants to be president, could be hoping that his name will be on the lawsuit the Supreme Court uses to drive a final stake through the heart of the Voting Rights Act.
Given that the court’s conservative majority has steadily eroded voting rights, it’s not a bad bet. But unlike some of the cleverer ways Republicans have engaged in voter suppression, it’s impossible to say with a straight face that he isn’t waging a direct assault on minority representation."
![DeSantis-29[1].webp](https://www.houseofpolitics.com/data/attachments/1/1307-19bad20243a24d9d2f0d5afac73c3277.jpg?hash=9r4a2J2woH "DeSantis-29[1].webp")
What’s he up to? According to NBC News, sources close to the governor say that “DeSantis wanted a court fight focused on provisions in the federal Voting Rights Act, as well as the state’s Constitution, that generally prohibit the dilution of minority voting strength.”
That would make this stunt like state laws that outlaw abortion, knowing that doing so is unconstitutional — for now. DeSantis, who clearly wants to be president, could be hoping that his name will be on the lawsuit the Supreme Court uses to drive a final stake through the heart of the Voting Rights Act.
Given that the court’s conservative majority has steadily eroded voting rights, it’s not a bad bet. But unlike some of the cleverer ways Republicans have engaged in voter suppression, it’s impossible to say with a straight face that he isn’t waging a direct assault on minority representation."
![569521da-eb22-443e-be67-bbf372fe3dc6-large16x9_bfdbfd[1].webp](https://www.houseofpolitics.com/data/attachments/1/1308-60b43381eb0e02512ffbda2cbeebcb6d.jpg?hash=OjlrVa348t "569521da-eb22-443e-be67-bbf372fe3dc6-large16x9_bfdbfd[1].webp")
