Wisconsin Right Now

The court is not saying when a decision in the case will come. The groups who want the new maps are asking to have the maps redrawn before 2024. A lawyer for the groups seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s legislative maps didn’t finish his first sentence before one of the state’s conservative justices demanded to know why he was bringing the case now. “Where were you? Where were your clients two years ago?” Justice Rebecca Bradley asked. “We've already been through this. Redistricting happens once every 10 years after the census. All of the issues that you're bringing actually could have been brought before this court two years ago.” A number of liberal and progressive groups, with the support of Democrats in Wisconsin, are challenging Wisconsin’s the maps. The groups say the maps are gerrymandered and favor Republicans. More specifically, they argue that because not every district is 100% connected, those maps are gerrymandered to the point where they are unconstitution