Fair Districts

As they defend a congressional redistricting plan, a judge says the Florida House and Senate can challenge part of the 2010 Fair Districts constitutional amendment.

The redistricting plan, which Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Florida Legislature during a special session last April, was used in the elections amid constitutional challenges in federal and state courts.

Six lawmakers and legislative staff members have asked a judge for a protective order that would shield them from testifying in a lawsuit about the constitutionality of a new congressional redistricting plan.

The state has asked an appeals court to reinstate a stay on a circuit judge’s ruling that blocked a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. An emergency motion argues that a Leon County circuit judge erred last week when he issued a temporary injunction against the plan — and when he lifted a stay on the ruling Monday.