Article snippet: The hear a case on partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin is being closely watched in other states, including Pennsylvania, where a lawsuit is challenging the process that gave the state its so-called Goofy Kicking Donald Duck-shaped congressional district. In the Wisconsin case, the Supreme Court said on Monday that it would consider whether partisan gerrymandering violates the Constitution. The court has never struck down an election map on the grounds that it helped one political party at the expense of another. The announcement came as several states are still waging legal battles over redistricting, the once-a-decade process of drawing new election districts to reflect population changes — an event typically seized on by whichever party is in power to draw maps that favor its incumbents. Here are some other states with election maps before the courts. Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District A Rorschach-test inkblot of a district that has been likened to “Goofy Kicking Donald Duck,” this district meanders through five counties and is so narrow in parts that it is only the width of a restaurant in King of Prussia and of an endoscopy center in Coatesville, according to a lawsuit filed by voting rights activists last week. The suit, filed in state court, contends that Republican lawmakers crossed a line when they redrew congressional boundaries in 2011, creating a map that helped Republicans win control of 13 of the state’s 18 districts even though registere... Link to the full article to read more