Federal Courts Hand Republicans Another Major Election Win

They also warned that upcoming candidate filing deadlines and election preparations would make it increasingly difficult to reverse the map later.

Relief is needed now before the maps are locked in and Black voters are irrevocably forced to use an illegal, discriminatory map,” plaintiffs argued in court filings

But Campbell said the challengers failed to demonstrate a strong likelihood of success at this stage of the litigation.

“While Plaintiffs may ultimately show discrimination was a motivating factor,” the judge wrote, “the Court cannot say that their likelihood of success on this claim is substantial. ”