Don't set your heart on that new 5th Congressional District that would put all of Delaware County under one Congressional roof just yet.
As they vowed they would, Republican leaders are going to court in an attempt to block the map that was put in place by the state Supreme Court earlier this week.
The GOP wants the U.S. high court to put the brakes on the plan while they take their challenge back into federal courts. No word from the U.S. Supreme Court yet.
What Republicans are arguing is that the state court violated the Pa. constitution by usurping a role that is given to the Legislature, namely drawing up these maps.
In the meantime, next week candidates are supposed to start gathering signatures on their nominating petitions, something that has already been delayed by the tussle over the new maps.
All of this is just one more reason why politicians should not be doing this at all. That means Democrats and Republicans. Judges, too.
We explain it on our editorial page.
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