Judge Lynne Battaglia gave state lawmakers until Wednesday to come up with a new congressional map plan. “We respect the diligence put into the trial judge’s determination and we will review the court’s order that establishes brand new legal standards for the drawing of the Maryland Congressional map,” Ferguson and Jones said in a joint statement. If the case comes before the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, all but one of the serving judges have been appointed by Hogan. Chief Judge Joseph Getty last week delayed the state’s primary from June 28 to July 19, as courts weigh challenges to the state’s new legislative map as well as the congressional map. One was brought by a group of Republican state lawmakers backed by Fair Maps Maryland.

Source: thestar March 26, 2022 02:42 UTC