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A panel of federal judges upheld Pennsylvania’s congressional district map as constitutional ... to argue that their hands are tied by the courts and that they are not responsible for a controversial ...
HARRISBURG, PA ... Court's Congressional map was ongoing. But regardless of what that analysis shows, Crompton says the battle is likely to continue in the federal courts on the principle ...
A panel of federal judges on Monday dismissed a legal challenge by Republican congressmen to a district map imposed last month by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Pennsylvania's new congressional map ...
Pennsylvania ... new congressional maps as a “power grab” by Democrats and vowed to challenge the move in federal court. “This map constitutes a new standard for judicial activism ...
In a split decision, a three-judge federal court panel ... what exists in current law, the courts have no business directing a wholesale re-write of district maps. Holding for the majority ...
Pennsylvania's three federal district courts have reached a full complement following a flurry of confirmations that took place in recent days. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Keli Neary to ...
The Pennsylvania Supreme ... and ultimately the federal courts will have to answer this important constitutional question." Under the new map released by the court Monday, Berks will be ...
State court decisions Wednesday in Pennsylvania ... which held federal courts would not hear political gerrymandering claims. A state court in Ohio ordered new maps to be drawn in advance of ...
The widely supported redistricting reform amendment the Senate passed included changes sought by Fair Districts PA, a coalition ... created to draw up judicial district maps, he said.
It has been more than 620 days since Sean McLaughlin, the U.S. District Court judge ... the iceberg of what has become a federal judicial vacancy crisis in Pennsylvania. As of March 2015, there ...
"But you can only land so many planes in one hour." Boundary-wise, the Middle District of Pennsylvania is the largest federal judicial district in the state. It covers the state capital of ...