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BOSTON — A federal judge ruled that the City Council likely violated the Constitution when factoring race into the establishment of Boston’s new redistricting map, and issued a preliminary injunction
The Boston City Council must make another attempt at redrawing the political boundaries of its nine district seats, a U.S. federal judge ordered on Monday.
This week, opponents and defenders of a newly drawn district map, which Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed into law, made their case in federal court. Closing arguments could come on Wednesday.
Congressman Stephen Lynch took the stand in federal court this week to decry the way the City Council redrew the political boundaries of Boston’s nine district seats. Councillors voted in November to shift South Boston public housing developments, then located in District 2, to Dorchester-based District 3, as well as parts of Dorchester, primarily Cedar Grove and Adams
The City Council’s dirty laundry is back flapping in the wind, this time in federal court, as what will be a multi-day hearing kicked off over whether a judge should step in and scrap the new Boston redistricting map.