NEW: Pennsylvania Republicans ask SCOTUS to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's congressional map

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NEW: Pennsylvania Republicans have asked SCOTUS to block the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's congressional map, arguing that the U.S. Constitution gives the state legislature a near-unlimited right to regulate federal elections.

North Carolina Republicans filed a similar request on Friday. Both cases are spearheaded by Jonathan Mitchell, the conservative attorney behind Texas' vigilante abortion ban.

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@rickhasen
on the immense danger that these cases pose to democracy:

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1. I'm confused - I thought the USSC said voting maps were to be left to the state to decide?

I thought conservatives were all about states rights and the elimination of frivolous lawsuits?

Also, what standing does a lawyer in TX have for cases in PA and NC?

While I know the answer is IOKIYAR, but what gives?

[blue neen]

2. Geez, what a bunch of babies.

I'm sick of it.