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Republicans again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Pennsylvania’s
new, court-ordered congressional map on Wednesday, marking the latest in
a series of attempts to halt a plan that would make congressional
elections more competitive in the state by reducing the impact of
gerrymandering.
In an emergency application, Pennsylvania House
Speaker Michael Turzai (R) and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph
Scarnati (R) asked the Supreme Court to prevent the new map from going
into effect. They say the state Supreme Court overstepped its authority
by drawing a new congressional map.
The GOP challenge comes just
two days after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a new congressional
map for the state to be used in 2018 and 2020 elections. In January,
the court said the congressional map in place since 2011, drawn by
Republicans, so severely benefited the GOP that it violated the state’s
constitution.
The court gave lawmakers three weeks to reach an
agreement on a new map, and when the parties couldn’t do so, the court
stepped in to draw its own. Several analyses showed the court’s map will
make elections more competitive and give Democrats a better chance of
winning seats in districts currently held by the Republicans.
Source: Yahoo News
Thursday, 22 February 2018
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