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A Kansas redistricting map is unconstitutional, a state judge rules - "A Wyandotte County judge strikes down Kansas Congressional map as unconstitutional in a historic ruling"
AG Derek Schmidt appeals Wyandotte County District Court decision ordering the Legislature to redraw congressional district boundaries
However, in Kansas's Supreme Court, 7 of the 9 Justices were appointed by Democratic governors: Kansas Supreme Court - Ballotpedia
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A Kansas redistricting map is unconstitutional, a state judge rules - "A Wyandotte County judge strikes down Kansas Congressional map as unconstitutional in a historic ruling"
However,Wyandotte County District Court Judge Bill Klapper called the maps passed over the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly earlier this year to be "motivated at least in part by an intent to dilute minority voting strength" and said the state courts had the right to take up redistricting cases.
Three lawsuits were filed challenging the map, arguing the new district lines illicitly divide the Kansas City, Kan., area, as well as improperly place Lawrence in the sweeping 1st Congressional District dominated by western Kansas.
AG Derek Schmidt appeals Wyandotte County District Court decision ordering the Legislature to redraw congressional district boundaries
However, in Kansas's Supreme Court, 7 of the 9 Justices were appointed by Democratic governors: Kansas Supreme Court - Ballotpedia
From 538:
The map in question creates three Republican-leaning seats and one highly competitive seat, same as the current configuration. However, it would split up majority-minority Wyandotte County (where Kansas City is located) for the first time since the 1980s, taking the 3rd District from a FiveThirtyEight partisan lean of D+4 to R+3. This will likely endanger the reelection prospects of Rep. Sharice Davids, Kansas’s only Democratic member of Congress.
The map became law in early February despite opposition from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Republicans in the Kansas Legislature overrode her veto by the skin of their teeth: The override got the minimum 27 necessary votes in the state Senate and one over the required 84 votes in the state House.