Trial date set for April in Wisconsin redistricting case
The trial date for a federal lawsuit challenging Republican-drawn legislative boundaries in Wisconsin has been set for April 2.
Attorneys refile redistricting complaint, add voters
Attorneys seeking to invalidate Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative boundaries are getting ready to file new arguments after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider their lawsuit this past summer.
Supreme Court won’t hear North Carolina districting dispute
The Supreme Court is choosing not to take on a new case on partisan redistricting for now.
US justices: No definitive ruling on partisan districts
The U.S. Supreme Court is resolving partisan redistricting cases from Wisconsin and Maryland without ruling on the broader issue of whether electoral maps can give an unfair advantage to a political party.
Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court
The U.S. Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case.
View from around the state: No Wisconsinite working full time should live in poverty
Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin have been structurally disempowered by the most crooked of political maneuvers.
Wisconsin’s central role in the future of partisan gerrymandering
On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Gill v. Whitford.
View from around the state: SCOTUS must end ‘packing and cracking’
In what could lead to a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a Wisconsin case that challenges the despicable practice of political parties drawing up legislative and congressional districts to lock in their power and disenfranchise voters.
Kennedy key to Supreme Court outcome on partisan maps (UPDATE)
A seemingly divided U.S. Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether to strike down a Wisconsin redistricting plan because it is too partisan, in a case that could affect elections across the country.
Is partisan gerrymandering illegal? The Supreme Court will decide
One of the first cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term could make a huge difference in how legislative and congressional districts are drawn.
Big stakes in high court fight over partisan political maps
Democrats and Republicans are poised for a Supreme Court fight about political line-drawing that could change the balance of power in a country starkly divided between the two parties.
Wisconsin elections head urges fast redistricting ruling
The chairman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule quickly in a challenge of how the state's political boundaries were drawn following redistricting in 2011.
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