The judge ruled that Utah legislators had to remodel the map of the State Congress district immediately, referring to Texas and California, rejecting their argument that the work could not be done on time in 2026. For mid -elections.
The resolution is firmly supported by the states in which guerrilla redistribution battles are tilted by the result of the election of the Congress.
Utah legislators misrepresented the map of the independent commission by drawing one that was used in 2022 and 2024. Dianna Gibson, Judge of Salt Like County, ruled on August 25th.
The map withdrew from the district of Salt Lake City, which moved between the Republicans and the Democratic map, where four districts, each with the city corridor, won the Republicans with wide margins.
On Tuesday, Gibson denied the request of the state lawmakers to prevent its resolutions to come into force, rejecting their argument that its one -month term to accept the map, which meets the voters’ approved standards, is too short.
“Although there are short schedules here, in other cases redistribution was made according to stricter time zones,” Gibson wrote in his decision.
In Texas, she emphasized, the head of the Republican government Greg Abbott recently confirmed the redistribution plan of President Donald Trump, which would probably add five Republicans to the US home. Governor of California Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, replied, trying to involve five democratic districts in this state.
Meanwhile, Missouri began to try to involve Republican seats for Congress through GerryMandering, a long -term practice of both countries to draw the partisan advantage of Congress.
Traditionally states that once every decade, based on the latest census, converting areas of Congress. However, Trump encouraged the Republican -led states to rewrite maps in the mid -decade to help the Republican opportunities in 2026. In the Congress election.
Utah has the opportunity to be different, Gibson wrote in his decision.
“While other countries are currently redesigning their Congress plans intentionally forced some citizens ‘voices, the Utah was able to reorganize her Congress plan to protect her citizens’ right to vote and ensure that each citizen’s vote is significant,” the judge wrote.
2018 Utah voters have narrowly confirmed the voting initiative to create a commission to form the boundaries of the Utah legislation and congress.
Two years later, the state legislator abolished the initiative and turned the commission into an advisory board, which they had begun to ignore. The State Supreme Court dismissed the law, and the legislators governing the limited power to amend voter laws.
The State High Court sent the case to Gibson to manage the map of the legislature, which she rejected.
Republicans in the state criticized last week’s ruling as “judicial activity”.
“The use of previous flawed resolutions to justify our opinion on the principles of our foundation is a special type of hubris,” Robert Axson, chairman of the Utah Republican Party, announced X.
The Utah Supreme Court is probably unjustified the problem he has just resolved last year. Lawmakers can now choose to reduce their loss by creating one left -hand block or gambling by creating competitive areas that Republicans should fight to maintain.
Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court is likely to keep up with sentiment. Supreme Court 2019 It has decided that Gerrymanding is outside the competence of the federal courts and should be decided by the state.