Legal Opinion
League of Women Voters of PA v. Cmwlth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 7, 2018No. 159 MM 2017 (Opinions)PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE TODD, It is a core principle of our republican form of government “that the. voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.”1 In this case, Petitioners allege that the Pennsylvania Congressional Redistricting Act of 20112 (the “2011 Plan”) does the latter, infringing upon that most central of democratic rights — the right to vote. Specifically, they contend that the 2011 Plan is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. While federal courts have, to date, been unable to settle on a workable standard' by which to assess such claims under the federal…
2Cases cited72 opinions
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3Cited by66 opinions
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