The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from Republican legislative leaders in Pennsylvania to block a redrawn congressional map that creates more parity between the political parties in the state. [Supreme Court declines to get involved in Pennsylvania gerrymandering case]The U.S. Supreme Court deliberated nearly two weeks before turning down the request to stop the map from being used in this fall’s elections. The Supreme Court gave no reasoning in its one-sentence order, only that it was considered by all nine justices. Pennsylvania’s top Republicans have fought the imposition of a new plan since the state Supreme Court ruled. The U.S. Supreme Court has never thrown out a state’s redistricting plan by finding it so infected with partisan bias that it violates voters’ constitutional rights.

Source: Washington Post March 19, 2018 19:20 UTC