Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Republicans cried foul and said they would try to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court has a 5-to-2 Democratic majority 2015, and GOP lawmakers suggested the court ruled to benefit its own party. A three-judge panel on a federal court recently sided with Republicans, though Pildes and other legal experts think Monday's state Supreme Court decision will be the final word. Legal analysts also weren't sure that appealing to the Supreme Court is a possibility, given that Pennsylvania's state court ruled that the lines violated the state Constitution. The Supreme Court has never thrown out a state's redistricting plan because of extreme partisan gerrymandering.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2018 18:59 UTC