Corman standing in the way of fairness

Congressional Districts are redrawn every 10 years, just after the census. In Pennsylvania the party controlling the legislature controls drawing the map. Thus, the Republicans in Harrisburg had the opportunity to do the right thing after the 2010 census and create Fair Districts.

Instead, our state Sen. Jake Corman and his Republican colleagues devised some of the most extremely gerrymandered congressional districts in the country. The people recognized this, and this week the

PA Supreme Court confirmed it. The court said the districts “clearly, plainly and palpably” violated the state Constitution, and demanded the boundaries of the State’s 18 Congressional Districts be redrawn.

So how did Corman and his fellow Republicans react to the Court’s decision? Did they promise this time to present honest and fair districts to the Governor for his approval?

Not exactly. Corman joined in the unusual move of appealing the PA Supreme Court’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Corman apparently will do anything to prevent the people of Pennsylvania from being represented fairly in Congress.

Corman is up for re-election this year and will probably ask the voters again to trust him to do the right thing in Harrisburg for another term.

It will be interesting to see how he defends the illegal gerrymandered districts he helped create.

This story was originally published January 29, 2018 at 7:33 PM with the headline "Corman standing in the way of fairness."