A panel of three federal judges struck down Ohio’s congressional map on Friday, ruling the districts were so severely drawn to benefit Republicans that they violated the U.S. Constitution. Republicans controlled the redistricting process in 2011 and drew lines that gave them a 12-4 electoral advantage in the state’s congressional delegation. The court said the map violated the First and 14th amendments of the U.S. Constitution, as well as Article I. Despite that growing consensus, the Supreme Court appears wary of allowing federal courts to evaluate electoral maps and block them when they are too severely gerrymandered on partisan grounds. The Supreme Court is set to rule on the North Carolina and Maryland maps by June, and the outcome in that case will determine the ultimate outcome of what happens in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2019 17:18 UTC