Evers called the maps “gerrymandering 2.0.” Tony Eversvetoed the Republican maps this year, putting the battle in court. Republicans controlled the Legislature and governor’s office in 2011, the last time it was done. States are tasked with redrawing boundary lines every decade after each census. “Whatever comes from this corrupt nonsense, if it’s not fair to our state, it shouldn’t be accepted by federal courts, and most importantly, it won’t be accepted by the people of Wisconsin,” Chheda said. Sachin Chheda, director of the Fair Elections Project, said the majority of the court “has once again demonstrated its loyalty is to the Republican Party, not the laws of Wisconsin.” “Such claims have no basis in the constitution or any other law and therefore must be resolved through the political process and not by the judiciary,” Bradley wrote. In explaining why the court wouldn’t consider the partisan makeup of districts, Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote for the majority that those are “political questions, not legal ones.” “We adopt the least-change approach to remedying any constitutional or statutory infirmities in the existing maps because the constitution precludes the judiciary from interfering with the lawful policy choices of the legislature,” the court said. It also said it will not take into account the partisan makeup of the districts, rejecting the Democratic argument that not considering that will only entrench the current GOP majorities. Democrats and their allies have argued that the new maps should be drawn from scratch.īut the Supreme Court’s conservative majority said changes to the current maps should be limited to population shifts made apparent by the once-a-decade census. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty brought the lawsuit and arguedthat the fairest and most neutral way to resolve redistricting was to take a “least change” approach and adjust only for population changes. The court’s ruling makes it all but certain those GOP majorities will stay in place for the next decade. Republican majorities in the Legislature grew after the map it drew was adopted in 2011, even as Democrats won election to statewide office. The 4-3 ruling rejected Democrats arguments that the current maps are heavily skewed to favor Republicans and dilute Democratic voting power. (AP) - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Republicans in a redistricting dispute, ruling that it saw no need to make significant changes to the maps that have helped the GOP win majorities in the state Legislature and congressional delegation.
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