Despite citing “compelling evidence” that the Georgia General Assembly racially gerrymandered two metro Atlanta legislative districts to assure Republican wins in 2016, a federal three-judge panel has refused to enjoin the new lines as unconstitutional.

Judge Beverly Martin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, who authored the majority opinion, said the process that led the Georgia General Assembly in 2015 to redraw two politically competitive state House districts to benefit Republican incumbents was “decidedly not” fair and effective representation of voters, most of whom are African-American.