A divided Supreme Court intervened Monday to halt a New York state court-mandated redistricting of the Staten Island-based seat currently held by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
The unsigned order pauses the effort to force the state to draw a new map for the seat on arguments that it violated the state constitution by discriminating against minority voters.
Malliotakis and the other Republicans had asked the court to step in, arguing the state court effectively ordered unconstitutional racial gerrymandering and came too close to the primary election.
