State Supreme Court May Get Involved In Redistricting

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s highest court is signaling that it may get involved in the process of redrawing Pennsylvania’s congressional district boundaries. The state Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision Monday, put a hold on a lower court’s consideration of proposals for a new map and said it would hear arguments on Democrats’ appeals for it to exercise its “extraordinary jurisdiction” in the matter. A Commonwealth Court judge, Patricia McCullough, has held hearings on competing proposals for new district boundaries after Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers deadlocked. Democrats had argued that McCullough should only recommend a map to the high court, not issue an order adopting a particular map that she selects.