New PA Maps In Effect

[Gass3268]

United States Supreme Court told the PA GOP to F Off!

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[kph14]

United States Supreme Court told the PA GOP to F Off!

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The sweet taste of justice!

[ajc0918]

Big win for democracy!

[Doimper]

United States Supreme Court told the PA GOP to F Off!

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[Landslide Lyndon]

Is it Alito's decision or of the entire court?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

United States Supreme Court told the PA GOP to F Off!

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The sweet taste of justice!

Praise the Lord!

[Nyvin]

Is it Alito's decision or of the entire court?

They need 5 votes in favor.   Obviously Alito didn't get them.

[kph14]

I just read on twitter, that Alito himself denied the stay

[Oryxslayer]

United States Supreme Court told the PA GOP to F Off!

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I just read on twitter, that Alito himself denied the stay

If there is ever a political personification of a middle finger...

[Gass3268]

Republicans in the state legislature now have 10 days to draw a new map and Governor Wolf said he will veto any new gerrymander.

[Sestak]

Republicans in the state legislature now have 10 days to draw a new map and Governor Wolf said he will veto any new gerrymander.

Come on Wolf don't cave.

[Oryxslayer]

Also here is my version of a current working copy my map:

A couple minor changes to put incumbents in their seats, and a rework of the Pennsylvania Wilds seats that better accommodates road access - along with keeping Altoona and Johnstown together.

Also, does anyone know if there is a place to submit plans? I know in the Florida case there was, and in 2010 loads of states at least presented the image of a submission bar for citizen drawn maps. I would prefer not simply searching and sending emails to various plaintiffs, but I would like the report that I am compiling to be seen...

[Gass3268]

Republicans in the state legislature now have 10 days to draw a new map and Governor Wolf said he will veto any new gerrymander.

Come on Wolf don't cave.

The main fear is Republicans working with machine Democrats in Philly to ensure that Philly keeps 3 seats, at the expense of a fair map.

[Oryxslayer]

Republicans in the state legislature now have 10 days to draw a new map and Governor Wolf said he will veto any new gerrymander.

Come on Wolf don't cave.

The main fear is Republicans working with machine Democrats in Philly to ensure that Philly keeps 3 seats, at the expense of a fair map.

That is a valid fear, except with Brady retiring there is no reason to protect him.

Also, the court ordered cut minimization, so districts that spiral out of the city are a no-go.

[Crumpets]

Personally I think it's imperative that the new map contains a majority Amish/Mennonite/Pennsylvania Dutch district to ensure these underrepresented demographics a seat in Congress. Any thoughts on what such a district might look like?

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

HAHAHAHA YES! SCOTUS will not block new map.

[BuckeyeNut]

Personally I think it's imperative that the new map contains a majority Amish/Mennonite/Pennsylvania Dutch district to ensure these underrepresented demographics a seat in Congress. Any thoughts on what such a district might look like?

It looks invisible because it's impossible. There are 74,250 Amish in PA and no county where the population of Dutch Amish exceeds 10% of the total population.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

I'm so happy!!!

[Gass3268]

If it does indeed go to the courts for the redraw, Professor Nathaniel Persily, has been appointed as an advisor by the court to assist in adopting a remedial congressional redistricting plan. Essentially, he will be the dude doing the redraw.

Announced details of the redistricting

[Nyvin]

Republicans in the state legislature now have 10 days to draw a new map and Governor Wolf said he will veto any new gerrymander.

Come on Wolf don't cave.

The main fear is Republicans working with machine Democrats in Philly to ensure that Philly keeps 3 seats, at the expense of a fair map.

Isn't that almost a no-go now that Bob Brady is gone?   It always was a real longshot with how the court order was worded.  

Regardless there will be Delco, Bucks, and MontCo anchored districts in any map...it's really just a question of what happens to Chester county.

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

If it does indeed go to the courts for the redraw, Professor Nathaniel Persily, has been appointed as an advisor by the court to assist in adopting a remedial congressional redistricting plan. Essentially, he will be the dude doing the redraw.

Announced details of the redistricting

Any idea how he will draw the maps?

[Greedo punched first]

I had a feeling the PAGOP's request was far too crazy for even Alito to go along with.

[Gass3268]

If it does indeed go to the courts for the redraw, Professor Nathaniel Persily, has been appointed as an advisor by the court to assist in adopting a remedial congressional redistricting plan. Essentially, he will be the dude doing the redraw.

Announced details of the redistricting

Any idea how he will draw the maps?

Looking at his Twitter account he is a law professor at Stanford and he seems to be very interested in making sure Facebook/Twitter doesn't spread legit Fake News, into campaign finance reform and has a bunch of Mother Jones, Buzzfeed and Atlantic retweets.

[Oryxslayer]

The court order mentions several measurements of compactness - things like Roeck, Swartzenberg, etc. Anyone know how to calculate these?

[Greedo punched first]

Does this help Matt Cartwright?