The New York State Court of Appeals has thrown out New York's Congressional and State Senate maps for 2022. Both maps will be drawn by a special master, not the legislature. The decision was likely 4-3.
RIP Hochulmander! We hardly knew ya. 
Also: major props to @Redistrict for forecasting the key battles of April back in January. Hochul loses in court, and DeSantis won in his legislature and is a solid favorite in court. Assuming his map holds, the GOP has won the 20’s redistricting cycle.
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1483461891619966981
Great job by Jacob too, predicting exactly how the 7 judges would rule! Get that man a clerkship.
https://twitter.com/magajacobrobben/status/1519059711554994180
Reading the opinions, it's actually a 5-2 or 4-1-2 opinion. Justice Troutman would have struck down the maps on the procedural argument (that the proper process wasn't filed in enacting the maps), but would have given the legislature another chance to pass a new map.
Worth noting that one of the real heroes here is @SeanTrende who was one of the lead GOP witness in the redistricting case. Sean played a key role in getting fair Congressional maps in New York, Virginia & Maryland & without a doubt has been this cycle's #redistricting MVP.
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