Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Arguments On Redistricting That Could Result In New Maps For 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Arguments On Redistricting That Could Result In New Maps For 2024

Huff Post  

FILE - A man walks by the Wisconsin Capitol, Oct. 10, 2012, in Madison, Wis. Supporters of Wisconsin's taxpayer-funded school choice and independent charter school programs urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is located inside the state Capitol, on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, to reject a lawsuit seeking to declare the programs unconstitutional, saying such a move would create chaos for tens of thousands of families with students currently enrolled. via Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a redistricting case that Democrats hope will result in new, more favorable legislative maps for elections in 2024 that will help them chip away at the large Republican majority. The state’s highest court heard arguments last week on whether an independent redistricting commission must take another crack at drawing congressional districts. New Mexico’s Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on an appeal of a lower court ruling that rejected assertions the Democratic-led Legislature had illegally gerrymandered the state’s congressional districts.

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Elon Musk Hands Out $1 Million Payments After Wisconsin Supreme Court Declines Request To Stop Him
3 days, 15 hours ago

Elon Musk Hands Out $1 Million Payments After Wisconsin Supreme Court Declines Request To Stop Him

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING GREEN BAY, Wis. — Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda and “the future of civilization.” “It’s a super big deal,” he told a roughly …

Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats
1 week, 3 days ago

Supreme Court seems divided over Louisiana case of congressional map with 2 Black majority seats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district. Several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they could vote to throw out the map and make it harder, if not impossible, to bring redistricting lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act. Just two years ago, the court …

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to square off in their only debate in the hotly contested race
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to square off in their only debate in the hotly contested race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Candidates in a race that will determine ideological control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will square off Wednesday in their only scheduled debate before the April 1 election. The race pits Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel, a former Republican attorney general, against Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford, who is backed by Democrats and is running …

An election for a single state Supreme Court seat becomes the ‘blockbuster’ political fight of 2025
1 month, 2 weeks ago

An election for a single state Supreme Court seat becomes the ‘blockbuster’ political fight of 2025

CNN  

CNN — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election this spring will decide just one seat, but the contest already is shaping up as one of the most costly and contentious battles of the new year – with the control of the seven-member court and the fate of a 19th century abortion ban hanging in the balance. In a state where a Democrat …

Future of elections in key swing state could depend on one day in April: legal expert
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Future of elections in key swing state could depend on one day in April: legal expert

Raw Story  

Legal analyst and democracy activist Marc Elias warns that an upcoming April 1 election in Wisconsin could determine the future of all elections. Writing for Democracy Docket, Elias stated that key state Supreme Court seats will decide whether judges who rule on voting rights cases continue to do so. He cited two existing judges who will run for the seat, …

Wisconsin Republicans ask liberal Supreme Court Justice to step aside in union case
2 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans ask liberal Supreme Court Justice to step aside in union case

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday asked that a liberal state Supreme Court justice step aside in a pending case that seeks to overturn a 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most state workers. If Justice Janet Protasiewicz agrees not to hear the case, the court would be deadlocked 3-3 between liberals and conservatives. A …

Wisconsin Republicans sue to resolve conflict of when Electoral College votes must be cast for Trump
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans sue to resolve conflict of when Electoral College votes must be cast for Trump

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to resolve a discrepancy between state and federal law about what date the state’s presidential electors must meet to cast Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump. The Wisconsin Republican Party asked in the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court seeking an order that …

Union rights take center stage in already high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Union rights take center stage in already high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court election next spring already had high stakes, with majority control on the line. “I don’t think you can understate the importance of this race to the voters, no matter which side of the political divide you are on.” The April 1 election will pit Brad Schimel, a Republican judge who supports President-elect Donald …

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state’s 175-year-old abortion ban is valid

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A conservative prosecutor’s attorney struggled Monday to persuade the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban, drawing a tongue-lashing from two of the court’s liberal justices during oral arguments. Sheboygan County’s Republican district attorney, Joel Urmanski, has asked the high court to overturn a Dane County judge’s ruling last year that invalidated the ban. …

New maps help Wisconsin Democrats make legislative gains and set up a push for majorities in 2026
4 months, 3 weeks ago

New maps help Wisconsin Democrats make legislative gains and set up a push for majorities in 2026

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats came out of Tuesday’s elections with substantial gains in the Wisconsin Legislature under new district boundaries, setting them up for a run for a majority in two years. Democrats failed to take control of the Assembly, but unofficial results Wednesday showed they had flipped 10 Republican seats, narrowing the GOP’s edge from 64-35 last session to …

A federal court approves new Michigan state Senate seats for Detroit-area districts
8 months, 1 week ago

A federal court approves new Michigan state Senate seats for Detroit-area districts

Associated Press  

Lansing — Federal judges gave final approval to a new map of Michigan state Legislature boundaries, concluding a case in which the court previously found that several Detroit-area districts’ maps were illegally influenced by race. In December, the court ordered a redistricting commission responsible for redrawing the state’s legislative and congressional maps in 2021 to redraw 13 state districts. The …

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

Hindustan Times  

— Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in a new court filing Friday. Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys The attorneys also said it's important to hold special elections in the reconfigured state …

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

Associated Press  

— Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in a new court filing Friday. The attorneys also said it’s important to hold special elections in the reconfigured state House and Senate districts on Nov. 5 — the same day as …

Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court
9 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin taxpayers to pay half the cost of redistricting consultants hired by Supreme Court

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin taxpayers will pay half of the $128,000 bill submitted by redistricting consultants hired by the state’s Supreme Court for the work they did reviewing proposed legislative maps, the liberal majority of the court ordered Monday. They called the court’s order a “brazen imposition of judicial will.” The court hired a pair of redistricting consultants to review …

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A liberal judge who previously represented Planned Parenthood in a case related to abortion access entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, with majority control of the battleground state’s highest court on the line. AP AUDIO: Liberal Judge Susan Crawford enters race for Wisconsin Supreme Court with majority at stake Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is once …

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. “We are very relieved that SCOTUS agreed with us that it’s too close to the election to insert uncertainty.. We will have a …

Supreme Court upholds new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect Democrat to Congress
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court upholds new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect Democrat to Congress

LA Times  

Supreme Court justices were acting on emergency appeals from civil rights lawyers as well as Louisiana’s Republican leaders. The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a decision by two Trump-appointed judges in Louisiana and restored a state election map that may allow Black voters to elect a Democrat to Congress this fall. In a separate case last year, the Supreme …

Judges Reject Map That Would Have Given Louisiana New Majority-Black House District
11 months ago

Judges Reject Map That Would Have Given Louisiana New Majority-Black House District

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW ORLEANS — A new congressional district map giving Louisiana a second majority-Black House district was rejected Tuesday by a panel of three federal judges, fueling new uncertainty about district boundaries as the state prepares for fall congressional elections. Polling takes place at the Martin Luther King Elementary School in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans …

The Supreme Court is asked to pause a ruling against Louisiana's congressional map
11 months ago

The Supreme Court is asked to pause a ruling against Louisiana's congressional map

NPR  

The Supreme Court is asked to pause a ruling against Louisiana's congressional map Enlarge this image toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Gerald Herbert/AP The state of Louisiana and a group of Black Louisiana voters have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on a lower court order that is blocking Louisiana from using the state's new congressional map for …

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says she won’t run again, setting up fight for control
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says she won’t run again, setting up fight for control

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The longest-serving current Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and member of its liberal majority announced Thursday that she will not seek another term, setting up a high-stakes fight for control of the battleground state’s highest court. At least two current liberal judges — Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford and state Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor — are …

Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court will be up for grabs after liberal justice's surprise retirement
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court will be up for grabs after liberal justice's surprise retirement

Salon  

One year after a closely-watched election tipped the Wisconsin Supreme Court towards a 4-3 liberal majority, the impending retirement of a liberal justice, Ann Walsh Bradley, is teeing off another battle for control of the state's highest court. Conservatives long held the reins of legislative and judicial power in Wisconsin until the most expensive state Supreme Court campaign in U.S. …

The swing state of Wisconsin votes; Trump pays up
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The swing state of Wisconsin votes; Trump pays up

Hindustan Times  

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2024. Shares in Mr Trump’s social-media company fell by 21% on Monday, after the firm disclosed losses of …

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to clarify district boundaries for potential recall election
1 year ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to clarify district boundaries for potential recall election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to offer clarity on what legislative district boundary lines should be in play for a potential recall election sought by supporters of former President Donald Trump targeting the Republican Assembly speaker. But the Wisconsin Elections Commission had asked the Supreme Court to clarify what maps should be used for any …

How much will gerrymandering actually affect the 2024 election?
1 year ago

How much will gerrymandering actually affect the 2024 election?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And it doesn’t matter what party a legislator is – they usually don’t like …

Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ congressional redistricting challenge
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ congressional redistricting challenge

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that sought to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, marking a victory for Republicans who argued against the court taking up the case. The Elias Law Group, which filed the congressional challenge on behalf of Democratic voters, said the court’s decision on the legislative maps …

Trump winning Wisconsin could hinge on an insidious voting practice
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump winning Wisconsin could hinge on an insidious voting practice

Raw Story  

Democrats are understandably excited by the upcoming death of the Republican gerrymander in Wisconsin. Democrats will have a chance to retake the state Assembly in 2024 and the state Senate in 2026 — if the new maps aren’t overturned in federal court. Nationally, the implications could be even greater: Republicans likely won’t be able to impose any new voter suppression …

New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House
1 year, 1 month ago

New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. The lines are similar to both the existing congressional map and a proposal drawn by the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, yet appeared far from the aggressive partisan gerrymander many expected after Democrats took control of the redistricting process earlier this week. Democrats also reversed proposed changes from the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission that would …

Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power
1 year, 1 month ago

Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power

Hindustan Times  

— Mississippi legislators diluted the power of Black voters by drawing too few majority-Black state House and Senate districts after the most recent Census, an attorney representing the NAACP and several residents told three federal judges Monday. HT Image But during opening arguments in a trial of the redistricting case, an attorney representing state officials told the judges that race …

Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power
1 year, 1 month ago

Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power

Associated Press  

— Mississippi legislators diluted the power of Black voters by drawing too few majority-Black state House and Senate districts after the most recent Census, an attorney representing the NAACP and several residents told three federal judges Monday. But during opening arguments in a trial of the redistricting case, an attorney representing state officials told the judges that race was not …

U.S. House of Representatives 2024: New York state redistricting maps could win Democrats a majority in November.
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. House of Representatives 2024: New York state redistricting maps could win Democrats a majority in November.

Slate  

Last week, Democrats in New York scored one big victory on their path toward retaking a House majority with the triumph of Rep. Tom Suozzi in the state’s 3rd District, flipping it from Republican control. If the IRC’s maps are voted down, New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature will take over redistricting duty from the nonpartisan body, a political triumph national Democrats …

Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling
1 year, 1 month ago

Republican DA asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide abortion lawsuit without lower court ruling

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday to decide whether a 174-year-old state law bans abortion in the state without waiting for a ruling from a lower appellate court. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, reactivated an 1849 law that conservatives have interpreted …

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new legislative maps into law after Republicans pass them
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new legislative maps into law after Republicans pass them

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed new legislative district maps into law on Monday that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court draw the lines. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler said the new maps will have a “reverse coattails” effect benefitting Democrats in the …

GOP-led Wisconsin Legislature passes Democratic governor’s legislative maps
1 year, 1 month ago

GOP-led Wisconsin Legislature passes Democratic governor’s legislative maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday passed legislative maps that were proposed by Democratic Gov. Evers gets a huge win today,” Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said, adding that under the new maps, “the Legislature will be up for grabs.” The Assembly and Senate passed the bill in quick succession Tuesday, sending it to Evers. Republicans said that …

Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin Republicans urge state Supreme Court to reject redistricting report’s findings

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. While Republicans argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound, Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the consultants found were “nearly indistinguishable.” The stakes are huge …

Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps
1 year, 1 month ago

Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP has used over the past 13 years to grow their majorities and advance their agenda. Republican maps adopted in 2022 by the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court used the 2011 map as a template and kept largely the same lines in place. Democrats filed their …

Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin redistricting experts tell Supreme Court Republican map proposals are gerrymanders

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to examine maps redrawing state legislative districts said Thursday that plans submitted by the Republican Legislature and a conservative law firm are partisan gerrymanders, but they stopped short of declaring the other four maps constitutional. “While this is just one step in this process, today is an important day for …

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor vetoes Republican map as another redistricting court fight looms
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor vetoes Republican map as another redistricting court fight looms

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. The veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress, along with the GOP-controlled Legislature, asked the newest liberal member of the state Supreme Court not to hear a lawsuit that seeks to redraw congressional district maps ahead of the November election. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos accused Evers of trusting …

Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to order new congressional maps for fall election
1 year, 2 months ago

Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to order new congressional maps for fall election

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Washington law firm that tries to help Democrats win elections around the country has asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, arguing that the court’s decision last month ordering new state legislative maps opens the door to the latest challenge. He said the lawsuit aims to “make our congressional …

Wisconsin Republican leader slams Democrats’ proposed election maps as ‘political gerrymander’
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Republican leader slams Democrats’ proposed election maps as ‘political gerrymander’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s powerful Republican Assembly leader said Tuesday that he hopes the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court adopts new constitutional legislative boundary maps, even as he slammed proposals from Democrats as “a political gerrymander” and threatened an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The map submitted by Republicans would maintain the current 64-35 GOP majority, while other maps would …

Wisconsin Republicans’ large majorities expected to shrink under new legislative maps
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans’ large majorities expected to shrink under new legislative maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Most of the newly ordered maps redrawing Wisconsin’s political boundaries for the state Legislature would keep Republicans in majority control, but their dominance would be reduced, according to an independent analysis of the plans. Seven sets of new state Senate and Assembly maps were submitted on Friday, the deadline given by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to propose …

Wisconsin redistricting consultants to be paid up to $100,000 each
1 year, 2 months ago

Wisconsin redistricting consultants to be paid up to $100,000 each

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Two consultants hired to analyze new legislative boundary lines in Wisconsin after the state’s Supreme Court tossed out the current Republican-drawn maps will be paid up to $100,000 each under terms of their contracts made public Thursday. Court challenges could result in new U.S. House and state legislative maps before the November election. Jonathan Cervas, of Carnegie …

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024, with big spending expected
1 year, 3 months ago

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024, with big spending expected

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The 2024 elections will be dominated by the presidential contest and the battle for control of Congress, but another series of races is shaping up to be just as consequential. Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, voting rights and other issues will take center stage in next year’s elections for state supreme court seats — 80 of them in …

GOP lawmakers ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider redistricting ruling, schedule for new maps
1 year, 3 months ago

GOP lawmakers ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider redistricting ruling, schedule for new maps

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican lawmakers have asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to stay and reconsider its finding that the state’s legislative district boundaries are unconstitutional. Attorneys representing a host of Republican state Senators filed a motion with the court Thursday saying they can’t meet the court’s Jan. 12 deadline for new maps. The court ordered the Legislature and other parties …

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Abortion debate creates ‘new era’ for state supreme court races in 2024

LA Times  

From left, Arizona Supreme Court Justices William G. Montgomery, John R. Lopez IV, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel, Clint Bolick and James Beene listen to oral arguments in a case in Phoenix on April 20, 2021. Crucial battles over abortion, gerrymandering, voting rights and other issues will take center stage in next year’s …

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats

LA Times  

The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments from Wisconsin Assistant Atty. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a state with large Republican legislative majorities. “Because the current state legislative districts contain separate, detached territory and therefore violate the constitution’s contiguity requirements, we enjoin …

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court orders new legislative maps in redistricting case brought by Democrats

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged in a redistricting case they hope will weaken GOP majorities. “Because the current state legislative districts contain separate, detached territory and therefore violate the constitution’s contiguity requirements, we enjoin the Wisconsin Elections Commission …

THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit
1 year, 3 months ago

THINGS TO KNOW: Deadline looms for new map in embattled North Dakota redistricting lawsuit

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — The clock is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature to draw new legislative boundaries compliant with the Voting Rights Act for two Native American tribes who successfully sued for new lines. A federal judge last month ruled that the state’s 2021 redistricting map violates the landmark 1965 civil rights law in diluting …

Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican leader of Wisconsin’s Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is “super unlikely.” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos originally threatened to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she did not recuse herself from the redistricting challenge, which is backed by …

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined that an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions, a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joel Urmanski on Tuesday appealed the ruling from a Dane County judge that said there is no state ban on …

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes
1 year, 3 months ago

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court last week gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to win control of the U.S. House next year. “There’s no hard and fast definition or bright line to define partisan gerrymandering,” said New York Law School professor Jeffrey Wice, who focuses on redistricting. …

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