(Credit: Getty/AlexStar) Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has ruled on Monday that the heavily gerrymandered districts in their state violated the commonwealth’s constitution. A civic group and a collection of Democratic voters filed the lawsuit alleging that Republican politicians had illegally skewed the lines of Pennsylvania’s congressional districts so as to unfairly entrench the GOP in power, according to Reuters.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Just Struck Down The Gop’s Gerrymandering
Matthew Rozsa, Salon: Politics
Mon, 01/22/2018 - 1:31pm
Topics: credit getty/alexstar pennsylvania s supreme reuters republicans so pittsburgh philadelphia pennsylvania turnpike judge max baer general assembly governor tom wolf one noteworthy united states constitution pennsylvania republican party united states supreme pennsylvania donald trump a pennsylvania s court democratic republican pennsylvania supreme wolf democrat feb gop gerrymandering districts election plan violated submit congressional redistricting
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