They Don't Give Up

Republicans in Pennsylvania are upset that the state supreme court found their partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional:

State Republican leaders on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order to redraw the congressional district maps in the commonwealth, arguing that the state justices intruded on their turf.

“In short, the question in this case is whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the Pennsylvania ‘Legislature’ under the federal Constitution, and the answer to that question is a resounding no,” lawyers for Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson) and House Speaker Mike Turzai (R., Allegheny) wrote in the petition to Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.

I think it's called a "Hail Mary pass." They don't have a case:

David Gersch, a lead attorney for the voters who brought the case, called the arguments “embarrassing.” He noted that the same parties spent two months trying to defeat a parallel challenge in federal court, contending then that the issue was one for the state to decide. “Now that they have lost in the highest court of the commonwealth, the legislators turn around and say the exact opposite,” he said.

Experts questioned the validity of the GOP’s latest argument, noting that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order explicitly says it is based on the state constitution. Courts have also drawn congressional maps before, including at the federal level.

I'd confess to being surprised if SCOTUS agrees to hear this one, but these days I'm not going to try to predict what they'll do.

Via Joe.My.God.