Lawmakers in Maryland have approved a congressional map to replace a version deemed unconstitutional by a judge, even as the state’s attorney general appeals the judges ruling. Both chambers in the Maryland General Assembly this week approved the new map, contained in Senate Bill 1012. The state Senate passed the measure 30-10, and the state House of Delegates passed it 94-41. Most lawmakers who supported the bill are Democrats; most Republicans remained unsatisfied and opposed it. Anne Arundel County Senior Judge Lynne Battaglia on March 25 ruled in favor of two groups that sued over the previous map, finding it was unconstitutionally aimed at reducing the power of Republican voters because it shifted the only GOP member of Congress representing Maryland, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), into a different district, where he was likely to lose. The map was a “product of extreme partisan gerrymandering,” the judge found. Lawmakers, facing a March 30 …