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    Supreme Court Pass Means Pennsylvania Must Redraw Congressional Maps In 10 Days

    All 18 of the state's congressional districts will have to be redrawn by Feb. 15 to comply with a state Supreme Court order that ruled the districts were drawn in an overly partisan manner.
    by Scott Detrow Feb 05, 2018 3 minutes

    Updated at 2:06 p.m. ET

    Pennsylvania will soon have new congressional maps.

    The United States Supreme Court has decided not to block a state court ruling requiring Pennsylvania's Legislature to immediately redraw its legislative boundaries.

    Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court had previously ruled those 18 congressional districts — drawn by a Republican Legislature and signed by a Republican governor in 2011 — were overly partisan and violated the state Constitution.

    The state's Democratic governor

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