The Florida Supreme Court ruled 6-1 on Wednesday, June 10, that it lacks jurisdiction to intervene while the redistricting lawsuit is still pending before the First District Court of Appeal, and declined to use its “all writs” power to grant a temporary injunction against using the mid-decade congressional map that the Florida legislature passed in April that could shift the state’s delegation from a 20–8 Republican advantage to a potential 24–4 split.
The ruling came after plaintiffs, the Equal Ground Education Fund, represented by the Elias Law Group, had filed a motion on May 28 to bypass the First District Court of Appeal entirely and go straight to the Florida Supreme Court. The court denied that bypass motion on June 1, and then issued Wednesday’s opinion declining to intervene at all while the case remains in the lower appellate court.
The court wrote: “Here, Petitioners ask us to intervene in the First District Court of Appeal’s ongoing consideration of an appeal of an order declining to grant a temporary injunction. At this time, we do not have jurisdiction over that matter, and we do not simply assume that the First District’s decision will provide an appropriate basis for this Court’s review.”
While the ruling did not address the merits of the Fair Districts challenge and explicitly left the underlying litigation alive. But as a practical matter, the mid-decade map is now locked in for 2026 with no realistic path to blocking it before November.
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