SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “President Trump added his voice on Saturday [2-24-18] to the continued conservative outcry over the court-ordered redistricting of the Pennsylvania congressional map, calling the decision ‘very unfair to Republicans and to our country.’…
The Supreme Court this month denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to stop the state’s highest court from requiring lawmakers to redraw the map of the state’s 18 House districts. The new map, released by the state court this past week, effectively eliminates the Republican advantage in Pennsylvania, endangering several incumbent Republican seats and bolstering Democrat standings in two open races.
Pennsylvania is typically a swing state, and the new map, if it stands, could play a crucial role in efforts by the Democratic Party to gain control of the House in the midterm elections…
Republican lawmakers in the state have refused to accept the court’s decision, asking the Supreme Court to again intervene and block the court-ordered map from taking place. They have also filed a federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania, arguing that the state court violated its constitutional authority by getting rid of the old map and drawing a new one.”
-Emily Cochrane, “Trump Endorses G.O.P. Fight to Keep Gerrymandered Congressional Map,” The New York Times online, Feb. 24, 2018