Pa. Supreme Court upholds new maps for General Assembly

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The justices said they would adjust the elections calendar in a separate order that was not immediately available.

The commission approved the new maps 4-1 more than a month ago, with only House Republican Leader Kerry Benninghoff of Centre County voting against them.

“Unfortunately, neither Chairman Mark Nordenberg nor the other Democrat commissioners followed that path. Today, the majority on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court joined their ranks in subordinating the Pennsylvania Constitution, past court precedent, and basic fairness to the stated desire to hijack the state redistricting process to artificially create a Democrat majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives through deliberate racial and political gerrymandering.

 

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I’ll bet you and your “communications” folks are gonna have a late night, eh RepGrove? Telling us all how evil the courts are… how partisan and corrupt… how they twist everything… Should be an easy story to write - just look in the mirror.

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