HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A lawyer for the state Senate’s top-ranking Republican says he won’t be turning over data to help the state Supreme Court resolve a challenge to Pennsylvania’s congressional districts.
Attorney Brian Paszamant said in a letter sent Wednesday that Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati doesn’t have some of the information the justices requested in an order late last week.
The letter says the Democratic-majority court would usurp legislative authority by drawing a new map.
The justices ruled last week the map violates the state constitution.
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They’ve given lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf until Feb. 15 to submit an acceptable map, or the court will develop its own.
A lawyer for the General Assembly says some of the data the justices are seeking dates to 2011 and is available online.