Maryland judge rules Democratic-drawn electoral map is unconstitutional

Legislature was accused of gerrymandering after substituting its own new district maps for ones drafted by outside commissionA Maryland judge ruled on Friday that the state’s new congressional map is unconstitutional, the first map by a Democratic-controlled state legislature to be struck down by a court this redistricting cycle.So far courts have intervened to block maps they found to be GOP gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, infuriating Republicans and leading conserv