Upon Further Review
Howard Bashman.
On Jan. 22, by a vote of 5-to-2, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the commonwealth’s congressional districts were unlawfully gerrymandered in violation of Pennsylvania’s Constitution. The five justices in the majority were all elected to Pennsylvania’s highest court as Democrats, while the two dissenting justices were elected to the court as Republicans. And the particular gerrymandered congressional districts at issue were imposed by Republican state legislators to advantage Republican incumbents and candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.
