WI GOP To Appeal Anti-Gerrymandering Decision To Supreme Court

A Major Bombshell in Widwestern Politics, when the Wisconsin Supreme Court Struck-Down, in a 4-3 Ruling, a GOP-drawn Legislative Map that Democrats considered an example of Gerrymandering on Steroids. Republicans are furious over the Decision, threatening to Appeal the Case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Republicans dominate the State Legislature, with 64 Republicans and 35 Democrats in the Assembly. The Ruling throwing out the GOP-drawn District Lines could threaten that Control, and change the State's Political Landscape.

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R, 63d District) said the U.S. Supreme Court will have "the last word" on the Case. Vos vowed, "We will pursue all federal issues arising out of the redistricting litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court."

Meanwhile, Nicole Safar, Executive Director at Law Forward, the Group that filed the Lawsuit on behalf of Wisconsin Democrats, is applauding the Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling.

Safar said: "I think in the next legislative session in 2025 and 2026, we will see a different kind of ability for the citizens to impact the policies that our legislature makes. We'll see real organizing, lobbying and campaigning around things like access to abortion, gun safety and public education."

One of the Justices who Voted to Strike-Down the GOP-drawn Legislative Maps was Janet Protasiewicz, who won a Wisconsin Supreme Court Race in April.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), is cheering the Decision as well saying: "It's clear to me that a Republican-controlled Legislature that has consistently gerrymandered itself into comfortable, partisan majorities for more than a decade is incapable of preparing fair, nonpartisan maps deserving of the people of this state. I agree with the Court's determination that these maps are unconstitutional because the districts lack contiguity. Wisconsin is a purple state, and I look forward to submitting maps to the Court to consider and review that reflect and represent the makeup of our state. And I remain as optimistic as ever that, at long last, the gerrymandered maps Wisconsinites have endured for years might soon be history."

Also, Wisconsin Judge denies GOP call for Recusal, as Liberal Supreme Court Majority takes up the Gerrymandering Lawsuit.









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