Tag: Redistricting

Supreme Court rejects request from Pa. Republicans to block new congressional map

Supreme Court rejects request from Pa. Republicans to block new congressional map

Melissa Quinn · March 19, 2018 7:58 pm

Federal court rejects lawsuit from Pennsylvania GOP challenging court-drawn congressional map

Melissa Quinn · March 19, 2018 7:19 pm

The two cases before the Supreme Court mark the first time since 2004 that justices have taken up the issue of partisan gerrymandering.

Redrawing America: Two Supreme Court gerrymandering cases that could reshape our elections

Melissa Quinn · March 13, 2018 4:01 am

4 big Supreme Court cases to watch over the next six weeks

4 big Supreme Court cases to watch over the next six weeks

Melissa Quinn · March 13, 2018 4:01 am

Federal courts should not be touching maps, let alone redrawing them in either party's favor just because the current ones look like a dog's breakfast. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The dog ate my congressional district

Washington Examiner · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

Pat Toomey: After mass shooting, focus should be on FBI, mental health

Salena Zito · February 26, 2018 3:21 pm

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gestures as he addresses a joint session of the the 2018 session in the House chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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2020: Holder-McAuliffe?

Paul Bedard · February 23, 2018 7:49 pm

Pennysylvania's Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, center, and Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, right, submitted an emergency request to nation's highest court requesting a block on implementing the new lines drawn by the state court. (AP Photo/Chris Knight, File)

Pennsylvania Republicans threaten impeachment over redrawn electoral map

Salena Zito · February 22, 2018 4:42 pm

Shannon Edwards, whose affair with a married eight-term Pennsylvania congressman led to his resignation, announced in a statement that she is seeking the Republican nomination to take on Democratic Pittsburgh Rep. Mike Doyle. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Woman who had affair with GOP Rep. Tim Murphy is running for Congress

Salena Zito · February 22, 2018 3:13 am

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the congressional map drawn by the GOP-led General Assembly in 2011, saying it constituted a partisan gerrymander and violated the state constitution. In response, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said, "What the court has done is truly breathtaking. They have grabbed power from the elected legislators. They did it in order to draw a partisan map of their own." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pat Toomey: Talk about impeachment of state Supreme Court judges ‘inevitable’ after they ruled against district map

Melissa Quinn · February 21, 2018 7:20 pm

"Hope Republicans in the Great State of Pennsylvania challenge the new 'pushed' Congressional Map, all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary," the president tweeted. "Your Original was correct! Don't let the Dems take elections away from you so that they can raise taxes & waste money!" (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump urges Pennsylvania GOP to challenge new congressional map up to the Supreme Court

Katelyn Caralle · February 20, 2018 2:36 pm

It completely unravels the Republicans' advantage and actively helps Democrats through some creative geography.(Pennsylvania Supreme Court)

Pennsylvania’s new election map delights Democrats, enrages GOP

Salena Zito · February 19, 2018 11:17 pm