Gerrymandering case sows doubt in big year for House races

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Marc Levy, Associated Press Updated 11:38 am, Monday, January 15, 2018

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lots of people want to run for Congress in Pennsylvania this year, but they may not yet know which district they live in.

The prospect that the state Supreme Court could decide a high-profile gerrymandering case by ordering new boundaries for Pennsylvania's 18 congressional districts, including one that has been described as looking like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck," is sowing uncertainty barely a month before candidates begin circulating petitions.

Primary fields could be jam-packed, driven by Democrats' anti-Trump fervor and a rush to fill the most open seats in Pennsylvania in decades.

More than 60 people, including 14 sitting U.S. House members, are either committed to running or are kicking the tires on a run, even as district boundaries could get a major overhaul.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Gerrymandering-case-sows-doubt-in-big-year-for-12499003.php

[BigmanPigman]

1. I thought a judge ruled in favor of the gerrymandering in PA

just last week?
http://triblive.com/politics/politicalheadlines/13166973-74/judges-rule-pennsylvania-can-retain-congressional-map

I am easily confused with this stuff (not my area of expertise).

[BumRushDaShow]

3. 2 different cases - 1 federal, 1 state

The federal one was what you linked to. The state one I think is supposed to be heard Wednesday (per the OP article).

Per your link -

A separate challenge to Pennsylvania's congressional map is pending before the state Supreme Court, which has scheduled oral arguments on the topic for next week in Harrisburg. Legislative Republican leaders on Wednesday filed documents in that case, arguing the Democratic voters who sued “are attempting to achieve through the courthouse what they could not in the voting booths.”

[geretogo]

2. Surely the SC isn't ruling in favor of democracy . What a shock .

[BadGimp]

4. The SCOTUS will rule that's it's too late in this cycle to change the districts...

imo