Attorney General Pam Bondi Friday sent the Legislature's newly-minted redistricting maps to the Florida Supreme Court, which has 30-days to give them a thumbs up or thumbs down.

The Supreme Court's approval is needed for the new House and Senate maps. Gov. Rick Scott needs to sign-off on the new congressional maps to take effect.

Of course, this is all dependent on how two lawsuits challenging the maps play out. The Florida Democratic Party and a group of voter-rights organization filed the challenges Thursday shortly after the final map votes.

LINK:  http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2012-02-10/p...