The court nailed the GOP-engineered Gerrymander right between the eyes:
<<<The Florida Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to Florida’s political landscape Thursday, throwing out the state’s carefully-crafted congressional districts drawn by the GOP-led Legislature and ordered a new map within 100 days.
In the historic 5-2 ruling, with conservative Justices Charles Canady and Ricky Polston dissenting, the court not only ruled the maps were the product of unconstitutional political gerrymandering and ordered eight districts redrawn, it signaled its deep distrust of lawmakers by providing instructions on how to repair the map in time for the 2016 election.
“This is a complete victory for the people of Florida who passed the Fair District amendment and sought fair representation where the Legislature didn’t pick their voters,’’ said David King, lead attorney for the League of Women Voters and the coalition of voter groups which brought the challenge. “The Supreme Court accepted every challenge we made and ordered the Legislature to do it over.’’>>>
The new map will be ready for the 2016 national election. Maybe we won't see no steenkin' hanging chads in 2016!