NEW: Pennsylvania Supreme Court throws out state's congressional districts - via Reuters (yet another partisan gerrymandering ruling, although this one based on state constitution)
-
Show this thread
-
Here's the Pa court's order: http://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Supreme/out/Order%20%20GrantedJurisdiction%20Retained%20%2010339890932033626.pdf?cb=1 …
1 reply 7 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
Court has ordered new maps for this year's election, so this could have an immediate impact. As ruling is under state constitution, seems unlikely that SCOTUS has grounds to weigh in
1 reply 20 retweets 37 likesShow this thread -
Lawrence Hurley Retweeted Stephen Wolf
Some say Dems could gain up to 6 seats if a new map is drawn in time for this year's election (eg: https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/955513638101512193 …)
Lawrence Hurley added,
Stephen WolfVerified account @PoliticsWolfPennsylvania's Republican congressional gerrymander just got struck down! We previously estimated Dems could gain 1 to 6 seats in 2018 with a new nonpartisan map https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/7/1672251/-Pennsylvania-s-GOP-House-gerrymander-is-going-on-trial-Here-s-how-a-nonpartisan-map-could-look … pic.twitter.com/0WvmB9xtcaShow this thread2 replies 28 retweets 39 likesShow this thread
STORY via @josephax: Pennsylvania court: congressional map unconstitutionally gerrymanderedhttps://reut.rs/2rwubpt
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.