Alito: “nowhere else to turn.” Dissent: they didn’t even ask NY’s top court. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a914_1p24.pdf A New York judge ordered a congressional district redraw to improve minority voting power. The Supreme Court just **froze that order early**, before New York’s appeals fully played out. The real fight here isn’t just race or maps. It’s **whether the challengers actually ran out of options before going to SCOTUS.** ⸻ **MAJORITY SIDE (Alito concurring in the stay)** The trial court ordered a new district to ensure “minority voters” can elect their candidate of choice. — **ALITO (majority-side)** That is unadorned racial discrimination… — **ALITO (majority-side)** With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay… — **ALITO (majority-side)** ⸻ **DISSENT (Sotomayor, joined by Kagan + Jackson)** “Rules for thee, but not for me.” — **SOTOMAYOR (dissent)** [An] unprecedented step… without giving the State’s highest court a chance to act. — **SOTOMAYOR (dissent)** Defendants have neither sought leave… nor asked for a stay from the New York Court of Appeals, an obvious place “to turn”… — **SOTOMAYOR (dissent)** ⸻ **Alito says “nowhere else to turn.” The dissent points to the place they didn’t turn, New York’s highest court. That’s not a nuance. That’s two different versions of what actually happened.** https://stacker.news/items/1446881