As expected, a judge appointed by Rick Scott has ruled that US house districts in North Florida must be redrawn so that once again a district will elect the candidate of choice for Black voters on Jacksonville's North side.
Lawyers for DeSantis had conceded the point that the maps used in 2022 violated the Florida constitution. They argued that the Florida Constitution contradicts the US constitution, but the state level judge ruled that he is not qualified to consider that argument and DeSantis does not have standing to present it. If this does make it to the US Supreme Court they are sure to agree that a Black performing district is required, given the very similar decision they just handed down for Alabama.
The only real question is if the FL Supreme Court will go along with DeSantis' argument. If they do, it might give us one more cycle under this unconstitutional map, and it would force the US Supreme Court to hear the case and write a new opinion about it. If not, DeSantis' team will probably appeal to the US Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court will simply refuse to hear the case.
The other issue is if the Democrat plaintiffs are content with just untangling what DeSantis did in Duval, which has obvious racial implications along with partisan implications, or if they will also try to untangle what DeSantis did in Pinellas County, which has only partisan implications.

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