The lawsuit will be filed after Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz is sworn in on Aug. 1.
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Abortion ruling puts spotlight on gerrymandered legislatures
In overturning a half-century of nationwide legal protection for abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Roe v. Wade had been wrongly decided and that it was time to "return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives" in the states.
Read More »Editorial: Nonpartisan redistricting still needed in Wisconsin
Back in 1953, East German poet Bertolt Brecht wrote “Die Lösung,” a poem satirizing the government’s response to an uprising earlier that year. In it, he noted government leaflets said the people had forfeited the government’s confidence and must work to win it back.
Read More »Evers vetoes Republican-drawn redistricting
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers followed through Thursday on his promise to veto the Republican-drawn redistricting plans, calling the maps "gerrymandering 2.0."
Read More »Evers signs order setting up new redistricting commission (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday creating a nonpartisan commission to draw new legislative maps next year for the Legislature to consider, a step Republicans have rejected as a sham.
Read More »Iowa system still the best way to have fair maps
The nation’s high court isn’t going to rescue Wisconsin or any other states from gerrymandered voting districts. Citizens are going to have to mend this themselves. And a renewed push to approve Assembly Bill 303 starts now. Call or write your representative and senator and tell them to get behind this fair process for drawing legislative and congressional districts following ...
Read More »Federal judges dismiss Wisconsin redistricting lawsuit
A three-judge panel has dismissed a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries following a weighty U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Read More »Redistricting cases press on, even after high court ruling
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday rejecting partisan gerrymandering claims in North Carolina and Maryland will effectively end similar federal lawsuits in several states. But it isn't likely to stop other cases challenging congressional or state legislative districts on different grounds or in different venues.
Read More »Federal court delays Wisconsin redistricting trial
Wisconsin's redistricting trial has been delayed by a federal court for at least three months.
Read More »Wisconsin Assembly allowed to intervene in redistricting
A panel of federal judges is allowing the Wisconsin Assembly to intervene in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of political boundaries drawn by Republicans.
Read More »High court decision extends legal battle over gerrymandering
Democrats hoped a Wisconsin case would be the vehicle the U.S. Supreme Court would use to strike down the highly partisan gerrymandering of electoral maps.
Read More »Justices struggle with partisan redistricting case again (UPDATE)
Dealing with questions that could affect elections across the country, U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestled on Wednesday with how far states may go to draw up electoral districts that give the majority party a huge political advantage.
Read More »Supreme Court keeps revised Pa. congressional map in place
The U.S. Supreme Court is keeping in place a revised map of Pennsylvania's congressional districts, turning down a request from Republican leaders in the state Legislature.
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