Latina House Republican asks Supreme Court to block Dems' bid to 'racially gerrymander' her out of Congress

New York City's lone Republican lawmaker in the House of Representatives is asking the highest court in the land to stop a Democrat-backed bid to gerrymander her seat in Congress.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., filed a petition with the Supreme Court late last week asking it to halt a state court-ordered redraw of New York's congressional map ahead of the November midterm elections.

The New York State Supreme Court ruled last month that Malliotakis' district unfairly dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters...