Thanks, Fox News, for bringing this to my attention.
On June 25, the left-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to hear two lawsuits brought by Democrats that challenged the state’s congressional district boundaries.
Wisconsin has eight Congressional districts. Republicans represent six of them.
The Democrats are desperate to flip the seats in 2026.
From WisPolitics:
One of the new suits argued the districts when drawn failed to adhere to standards requiring the districts to have identical populations. That would be six districts with 736,715 people and two with 736,714. But some districts when drawn had 736,716 people. The suit, filed by the Campaign Legal Center, also argued the congressional map improperly split counties.The other suit involved Dem voters whose legal team includes the firm of Dem attorney Marc Elias, who is well known for his work on election cases. It argued the lines are a partisan gerrymander that violates protections in the Wisconsin Constitution for equal protection as well as free speech and association. The suit argued it does that by packing Democratic voters in the 2nd and 4th districts — the only two now represented by Dems — while diluting their share of the electorate in several other seats in a way that makes it impossible to elect a representative of their choice.Both suits also argued the maps should be thrown out because they were based on a “least change” approach that was the foundation for the lines.
The decision came before Susan Crawford took her seat. Crawford won’t be sworn in until August 1.
However, even if Crawford had voted for the lawsuits, it would not have mattered, as both were unanimous decisions.
The court did not issue any comments about the lawsuits and decisions.
As I said, the Democrats want to flip those seats in 2026. The party thought it had a chance since the court ordered the state to redraw boundaries at the state level.
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