Wisconsin Supreme Court Orders New Legislative Maps – One America News Network


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OAN’s Sophia Flores
2:57 PM – Friday, December 22, 2023

Christmas came early this year for Wisconsin Democrats as the left-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps.  

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On Friday, in a vote of 4-3, the court approved the decision to create newly-drawn district boundary lines.

Democrats argued that the legislative maps are not constitutional since the districts drawn are not contiguous. Additionally, they argued that the Supreme Court had violated the separation of powers doctrine.

“Because the current state legislative districts contain separate, detached territory and therefore violate the constitution’s contiguity requirements, we enjoin the Wisconsin Elections Commission from using the current legislative maps in future elections,” Justice Jill Karofksy wrote for the majority.

Previously, liberal Justice Janet Janet Protasiewicz has gone as far as to call the GOP-drawn maps “unfair” and even “rigged.”

The lawsuit to redistrict the boundary lines was filed the day after the court flipped to a Democrat majority, back in August.

Republicans from the Badger State have power in passing maps that Governor Tony Evers (D-Wis.) will sign, as Wisconsin is a Republican-controlled Legislature. However, he vetoed the current map.

The court announced that it will begin adopting the remedial maps so that they can be used for the upcoming 2024 election.

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