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Showing Original Post only (View all)Breaking news: The Supreme Court DENIED a request for a stay in PA partisan gerrymandering case [View all]
Breaking news: The Supreme Court DENIED a request for a stay in PA partisan gerrymandering case. GOP lawmakers wanted court to let them hold off on redrawing map before 2018, Court said no.Top Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania suffered another defeat on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court denied their request to delay drawing a new congressional map ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the states congressional map gave Republicans such a clear political advantage that it clearly, plainly and palpably violated the states constitution. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gave Republican lawmakers about three weeks to redraw the map, and said the court would redraw the map itself if the lawmakers failed to agree on one with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D).
Hinting that there werent federal questions at stake, the Pennsylvania justices wrote the Pennsylvania Constitution was the sole basis for their decision.
Pennsylvania Republicans appealed the state courts ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the U.S. Constitution only granted legislatures, not state courts, the power to draw congressional districts. They also said an entirely new congressional map would cause chaos in the systems election process, set to begin at the end of February. Pennsylvanias top election official says they can run the election in a timely manner with a new map in place.
Their request went before Justice Samuel Alito, who oversees the 3rd Circuit, which includes Pennsylvania. Alito denied the request on Monday.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-pennsylvania-gerrymandering_us_5a74bf28e4b06ee97af274d4?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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Breaking news: The Supreme Court DENIED a request for a stay in PA partisan gerrymandering case [View all]
kpete
Feb 2018
OP
their next argument: "can we have until december? we're having a tough time finding a pencil."
unblock
Feb 2018
#4
Because PA case was argued strictly on PA State constitution,makes it outside jurisdiction of SCOTUS
scheming daemons
Feb 2018
#21
The republicans are so bent they will never be able to draw a straight down the line map.
Mr. Sparkle
Feb 2018
#24