A federal lawsuit wants to stop the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from selecting a new set of congressional district maps or changing the election calendar.
HARRISBURG — A federal lawsuit claims the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would overstep its authority by selecting a new set of congressional district maps and the plaintiffs also want a restraining order to prevent the state justices from changing the election calendar. Two Republicans running for Congress, a member of the
The state Supreme Court agreed to take over the highly consequential process in early February after a lower appellate judge held hearings on more than a dozen map proposals.
A top Republican in the state House on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject newly drawn House and Senate maps, citing splits in Allentown and South Whitehall Township as examples of why the commission that drew them should revisit its work.