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Pa Court rejects redistricting_____Archive Video
11/2/2011
Pa Supreme Court rejects redistricting plan__________________________________From the Court
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: Petitioners : : : :
LEGISLATIVE
Respondent SENATOR JAY COSTA,
[J- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31- 2012] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT
AMANDA E. HOLT, ELAINE TOMLIN, LOUIS : NUDI, DIANE EDBRIL, DARIEL I. JAMIESON, : LORA LAVIN, JAMES YOEST, JEFFREY : MEYER, CHRISTOPHER H. FROMME, : TIMOTHY F. BURNETT, CHRIS HERTZOG, : GLEN ECKHART, and MARY FRANCES : BALLARD, :
No. 7 MM 2012
Appeal from the Legislative Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, dated December 12, 2011
No. 1 WM 2012
Appeal from the Legislative Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, dated December 12, 2011
: Petitioners : : : : : : REAPPORTIONMENT : : : : : SENATOR : LAWRENCE M. FARNESE, JR., SENATOR : CHRISTINE M. TARTAGLIONE, SENATOR : SHIRLEY M. KITCHEN, SENATOR LEANNA : M. WASHINGTON, SENATOR MICHAEL J. : STACK, SENATOR VINCENT J. HUGHES, : SENATOR ANTHONY H. WILLIAMS, : SENATOR JUDITH L. SCHWANK, : SENATOR JOHN T. YUDICHAK, SENATOR : DAYLIN LEACH, SENATOR LISA M. :
2011 COMMISSION,
v.
BOSCOLA, DINNIMAN, SENATOR SENATOR JOHN N. WOZNIAK, SENATOR : JIM FERLO, SENATOR WAYNE D. : FONTANA, SENATOR JAMES R. : BREWSTER, and SENATOR TIMOTHY J. :
SENATOR ANDREW E. : SENATOR JOHN P. BLAKE, : RICHARD A. KASUNIC, :
v.
:
: 2011 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT : COMMISSION, : : Respondent : : MAYOR CAROLYN COMITTA, COUNCIL : PRESIDENT HOLLY BROWN, WILLIAM J. : SCOTT, JR., HERBERT A. SCHWABE, II, : JANE HEALD CLOSE, FLOYD ROBERT : BIELSKI, DAVID LALEIKE, E. BRIAN : ABBOTT, NATHANIEL SMITH, and W. : DONALD BRACELAND, : : Petitioners : : : : : : REAPPORTIONMENT : : : Respondent : : MAYOR LEO SCODA and COUNCIL : PERSON JENNIFER MAYO, : : Petitioners :
No. 2 MM 2012
Appeal from the Legislative Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, dated December 12, 2011
No. 3 MM 2012
2011 COMMISSION,
v.
LEGISLATIVE
v. : : : LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT : COMMISSION, : : Respondent : : THOMAS SCHIFFER, ALISON BAUSMAN, : RACHEL J. AMDUR, JOAN TARKA, : LAWRENCE W. ABEL, MARGARET G. : MORSCHECK, LAWRENCE J. CHRZAN, : JULIA SCHULTZ and SHIRLEY RESNICK, :
Commission, dated December 12, 2011
No. 4 MM 2012
Appeal from the Legislative
2011
[J- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31 -2012] - 2
Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 : Legislative Reapportionment
Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 : Legislative Reapportionment
Petitioners : : : : : : REAPPORTIONMENT : : : Respondent : : SEKELA COLES, CYNTHIA JACKSON and : LEE TALIAFERRO, : : Petitioners :
Commission, dated December 12, 2011
No. 5 MM 2012
2011 COMMISSION,
v.
LEGISLATIVE
v. : : : LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT : COMMISSION, : : Respondent : : PATTY KIM, : : Petitioner :
Commission, dated December 12, 2011
No. 6 MM 2012
2011
Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 : Legislative Reapportionment
: Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011
v. : : Commission, dated December 12, 2011
: REAPPORTIONMENT : : : Respondent : : EDWARD J. BRADLEY, JR., PATRICK : MCKENNA, JR., DOROTHY GALLAGHER, : RICHARD H. LOWE, and JOHN F. "JACK" : BYRNE, :
2011 COMMISSION,
LEGISLATIVE
Legislative Reapportionment
No. 8 MM 2012
Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011
Petitioners : : Commission, dated December 12, 2011
: [J- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31 -2012] - 3
Legislative Reapportionment
2011 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION,
2011 COMMISSION,
REAPPORTIONMENT : : :
v.
: : :
REAPPORTIONMENT : : : Respondent : : DENNIS J. BAYLOR, : : Petitioner :
v.
REAPPORTIONMENT : : : Respondent : : ANDREW DOMINICK ALOSI, : : Petitioner :
2011 COMMISSION,
LEGISLATIVE
No. 9 MM 2012
: Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 : Legislative Reapportionment : Commission, dated December 12, 2011 :
No. 10 MM 2012
: Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011
v. : : Commission, dated December 12, 2011
: REAPPORTIONMENT : : : Respondent : : CARLOS A. ZAYAS, : : Petitioner :
2011 COMMISSION,
LEGISLATIVE
v.
: Appeal from the Legislative : Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 : Legislative Reapportionment : Commission, dated December 12, 2011 :
LEGISLATIVE Respondent :
[J- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31 -2012] - 4
Legislative Reapportionment
No. 17 MM 2012
WILLIAM C. KORTZ, MICHELLE L. VEZZANI, : MICHAEL E. CHEREPKO, GREGORY : EROSENKO, JOYCE POPOVICH, JOHN : BEVEC, LISA BASHIOUM, and RICHARD : CHRISTOPHER, :
v.
No. 4 WM 2012
Appeal from the Legislative
LEGISLATIVE Respondent
2011 COMMISSION,
Petitioners : : : : : : REAPPORTIONMENT : : : :
____________________________________________________________ORDER
PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 25th day of January, 2012, upon consideration of the petitions for
review and briefs in these legislative redistricting appeals, and after entertaining oral argument on January 23, 2012, this Court finds that the final 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Plan is contrary to law. PA. CONST. art. II, § 17(d).1 Accordingly, the final 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Plan is REMANDED to the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission with a directive to reapportion the Commonwealth in a manner consistent with this Court’s Opinion, which will follow. Id.
The 2001 Legislative Reapportionment Plan, which this Court previously ordered to “be used in all forthcoming elections to the General Assembly until the next constitutionally mandated reapportionment shall be approved,” Albert v. 2001 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, 790 A.2d 989, 991 (Pa. 2002) (quoting per curiam order),
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For administrative purposes only, we have designated the appeal in Holt v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, 7 MM 2012 / J-7-2012, as the lead case.
[J- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31 -2012] - 5
Reapportionment Plan of the 2011 : Legislative Reapportionment
Commission, dated December 12, 2011
DECIDED:
January 25, 2012
shall remain in effect until a revised final 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Plan having the force of law is approved. PA. CONST. art. II, § 17(e).
All 2012 election dates shall remain the same, with the exception of the primary election calendar, which is adjusted as follows:
Thursday, January 26 First day to circulate nomination petitions
Thursday, February 16 Last day to file nomination petitions
Thursday, February 23 Last day to file objections to set aside nomination petitions
Monday, February 27 Last day that court may fix for hearings on objections to
nomination petitions
Friday, March 2 Last day for court to finally determine objections to
nomination petitions
Friday, March 2 Last day for withdrawal by candidates who filed nomination
petitions
Any signatures on nomination petitions dated January 24 or January 25, 2012, shall be deemed valid as to timeliness, subject, however, to any other statutory challenge.
Jurisdiction is retained.
Mr. Justice Saylor files a dissenting statement, in which Mr. Justice Eakin and Madame Justice Orie Melvin join.
Retired State Superior Court Judge Stephen McEwen throws out some strange comparisons concerning the approved redistricting plan for the Commonwealth, McEwen comments on the statement "it's never been done before" and equates Columbus, the founding fathers and Apple's Steve Jobs as justification for gerrymandering? Senator Jeff Piccola's 15th district by moving Harrisburg City into the 48th district and under the representation of Lebanon Counties Senator Mike Folmer. Tags: redistricting Senator Piccola Pileggi McEwan Harrisburg City Mike Folmer Gerrymandering Photo/Natalie Cake
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