The US Supreme Court has issued a stay that says Ohio and Michigan don’t have to draw up new Congressional district maps until after two rulings expected next month.
The state appealed a ruling from a federal court in Cincinnati, which said Ohio’s Congressional district map was partisan gerrymandered and unconstitutional, and that a new map had to be drawn by June 14.
Attorney General Dave Yost had asked for a delay, citing expected rulings next month by the Court on maps from Maryland and North Carolina. House Speaker Larry Householder said earlier this week he agreed.
“Ithinkit'simportantforallofustoseewhattheSupremeCourthastosayandIthinkthatthey'regoingtoruleinfavorofthestateofOhio," said Householder.
But the ACLU, which filed the suit over the map, pushed back, saying Republicans who drew it were trying to "run out the clock" to draw a new one before next year’s Congressional election.
The ruling also covers a similar map case from Michigan.
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