The U.S. Supreme Court’s holding Thursday that federal courts should not handle disputes over partisan gerrymandering at first glance appeared to deliver a blow to last year’s decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to toss the state’s congressional map for being unfairly drawn on political lines.

But, court watchers said, instead of detracting from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision, the recent holding bolsters the state court’s decision to act on the issue, and could make the ruling even more important as the window for challenging partisan gerrymanders narrows.

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