BREAKING: Maryland Judge Blocks Democrats’ Attempt to Eliminate State’s Only Republican House Seat

A Maryland judge on Wednesday blocked the Democrats’ attempt to eliminate the state’s only Republican House seat.

Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment to eliminate the only Republican House seat in Maryland.

Maryland’s Democrat Governor Wes Moore recently called a special legislative session that could have paved the way for the Democrats to add an addition House seat amid the redistricting wars.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert Thompson ruled that the Democrat lawmakers violate their own July deadlines for ballot measures.

The judge sided with the Oversight Project.

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The AP reported:

A Maryland court has ruled against a proposed constitutional amendment that could have paved the way for Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2028 elections.

The ruling Wednesday by a judge in the state’s capital city marks another setback in Democrats’ national attempts to counter a Republican redistricting movement pushed by President Donald Trump ahead of this year’s elections. The judge ruled that the amendment cannot appear on the November ballot, but he paused the effect of that ruling to allow for an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

Democrats already control seven of Maryland’s eight congressional seats. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore called lawmakers into a special session in August with a goal of making it easier to claim that final seat.

An amendment referred to the ballot by lawmakers seeks to sidestep a court ruling that struck down a previous Democratic redistricting plan in 2022. It would declare that a constitutional requirement for districts to be compact and take into account “natural boundaries” applies only to state legislative districts, not congressional ones.