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Fla. Supreme Court won’t stop legal challenge

By GARY FINEOUT
Associated Press

The Florida Supreme Court, in a sharp rebuke to the Republican-controlled Legislature, refused Thursday to throw out a lawsuit that contends legislators ignored new standards while drawing up legislative districts.

The Legislature wanted the state’s high court to block a challenge to last year’s new map for state Senate districts.

But the court – by a 5-2 vote – ruled that blocking the lawsuit would go against the will of voters who adopted two constitutional amendments that imposed new rules for redistricting.

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