Thanks to Richard winger of Ballot Access News for this post.
On January 22, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Middle District, struck down the State’s U.S. House Districts as an Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymander, and Ordered New Districts in time for the 2018 Election.
The Case is League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v Commonwealth, 159 MM 2017.
The Decision is only Three pages and will be supplemented later.
CLICK HERE to read the Decision.
If the Legislature doesn’t Draw New Districts by mid-February, the Court will Draw them.
The dissent was signed by Two Members of the Court.
It says the Pennsylvania Supreme Court should have waited until the U.S. Supreme Court issues its Pending Opinions in somewhat similar Cases. However, the Pennsylvania Decision is based on the Pennsylvania Constitution, and the Cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court are based on the Federal Constitution.
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