MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Khorri Atkinson @ Axios.com, March 19 with map
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to halt the implementation of a court-drawn congressional map, which is expected to make elections more competitive and put several Republican-held seats in play for Democrats.
The backdrop: The decision comes just hours after a panel of federal judges in Pennsylvania dismissed a similar challenge, saying that Republican lawmakers who brought the suit had no legal standing [....]