Pennsylvania GOP Lawmaker Wants to Impeach Judges in Redistricting Case

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Pennsylvania GOP Rep Cris Dush

A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is calling for the impeachment of state Supreme Court judges who ruled in the redistricting case.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the legislature must redraw the state’s congressional map. The state’s high court ruled that the congressional map is unconstitutional because it was a result of gerrymandering to benefit Republicans. The legislature has until tomorrow, February 8 to submit to redraw the map of its 18 electoral districts.

Rep. Dush said five judges guilty of impeachable offense

State Cong. Cris Dush is still challenging the redistricting ruling. In a letter to his fellow House lawmakers, Dush is encouraging them to impeach the five judges in the case.

According to Dush, the redistricting ruling violates Article IV, Section 15 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The five judges who signed that order “blatantly and clearly contradicts the plain language” of the state’s Constitution. They “engaged in misbehavior of office.”