The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today found that the Final Reapportionment Plan of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Committee is in compliance with the mandates of the Pennsylvania Constitution and the United States Constitution.
In what is seen as a victory for Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block orders by courts in Pennsylvania and North Carolina that threw out the congressional maps enacted by the states’ Republican legislatures and replaced them with maps drawn by the trial courts.
As the countdown continues to Tuesday’s oral arguments at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over the state’s House and Senate maps, the list of challenges to the final plan grows.
Pennsylvania Republicans have turned to the United States Supreme Court in their quest to overturn a state-court approved Congressional map.
The maps are in. The districts are outlined. Who won? Who lost? We took a look around the Commonwealth, talking with experts in an attempt to establish which candidates benefitted from the PA Supreme Court’s choice and who didn’t.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has made a decision on a new congressional map for the Keystone State for the remainder of the decade. In a 4-3 decision, the high court selected the so-called Carter map, drawn by a Stanford professor and proposed by Democratic plaintiffs.
Earlier this morning, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an order temporarily suspending the General Primary Election calendar relative to elections for seats in the General Assembly pending further order of the Court.
Five people, including two Republican congressional candidates, have filed suit in federal court to prevent the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from establishing new district maps.
Getting on the primary ballot has never been more difficult for aspiring candidates to statewide office. A Wolf administration proposal to shorten the petition period from 19 to 12 days raises the bar for political campaigns to obtain the necessary signatures to qualify for the May 17 ballot.
It’s a high-stakes day at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as lawyers make their cases for the justices to pick their clients’ preferred congressional map.
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