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The ACLU of Florida's lawsuit against the City of Miami began Monday. They accuse the city of racially gerrymandering the city district map, and claim they speak for residents throughout Miami.
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Plaintiffs argue that the overhaul of North Florida’s Congressional District 5 violated part of the constitutional amendment that barred drawing districts that would “diminish” the ability of minorities to “elect representatives of their choice.”
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Seeking a final ruling before the legislative session starts in January, both sides in a battle over a congressional redistricting plan asked an appeals court Friday to fast-track the case to the Florida Supreme Court.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, siding with the City of Miami in a battle over which map the city must use in the November local elections.
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A federal appeals court ruled the City of Miami shouldn't adopt a map drawn by community groups, but the groups are taking the challenge to the nation's highest court.
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In an interview with AmericaTeVe about the racial gerrymandering lawsuit against Miami, the city commissionor criticized the federal judge overseeing the case.
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In a last-minute move, an appeals court has allowed the city of Miami to hold off on adopting a new voting map ahead of November's elections, after a ruling in a racial gerrymandering lawsuit.
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In the federal racial gerrymandering case against the City of Miami, the judge rejected the city commission's map, saying it was unconstitutional.
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Miami commissioners proposed and approved a new district map after they were ordered to do so in a federal racial gerrymandering case. But a judge still needs to approve it — and plaintiffs in the case have already indicated they will object to it.
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UPDATE: After a judge said the City of Miami must make a new district map, community groups that sued the city held a forum in Coconut Grove to get input from residents.
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After a federal judge tossed out the City of Miami's redistricted map over allegations of racial gerrymandering, the ACLU has submitted two new plans it claims feature "logical districts that respect neighborhoods."
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Judge K. Michael Moore says Miami needs to go back to the drawing board with its controversial new commission district maps, following an ACLU of Florida challenge.