![]() ![]() Protasiewicz joined with Karosfky and justices Ann Walsh Bradley and Rebecca Dallet in the majority. Vos, who had threatened impeachment the loudest, backed off on Wednesday and said even if she ruled in favor of throwing out the maps, impeachment was “super unlikely.” She sided with the other liberal justices in striking down the current maps. Protasiewicz called the GOP-drawn maps “unfair” and “rigged” during her campaign, leading Republicans to threaten to impeach her before she had even heard a case. That’s when Justice Janet Protasiewicz joined the court after her April election victory. The lawsuit was filed a day after the court’s majority flipped to 4-3 liberal control in August. The state elections commission has said maps must be in place by March 15 if the new districts are to be in play for the 2024 election. That means the court will release new maps likely sometime in late February or early March unless the Legislature acts first. ![]() Reports from the consultants are due by Feb. 12, with supporting arguments due 10 days later. The maps from parties to the lawsuit are due by Jan. Bernard Grofman, of the University of California, Irvine, helped redraw Virginia’s federal and state legislative districts after a bipartisan commission deadlocked.Ĭonservative justices also objected to the hiring of the consultants, saying their selection, the legal authority to appoint them and their responsibilities all raise serious questions. Jonathan Cervas, of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, redrew New York’s congressional and state Senate maps after a court struck down ones adopted by the Democratic-led Legislature. ![]() The court appointed two consultants who already had a hand in reshaping districts in other states. ![]()
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