"Republicans have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to immediately block a legislative redistricting plan drawn by Gov. Tony Evers and endorsed last week by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The move comes as a key deadline approaches for the 2022 election. On April 15, candidates for state office are scheduled to begin circulating nomination papers to get on the ballot."
"A long-awaited report from a former Supreme Court justice hired by Assembly Republicans to review the 2020 election sought to give legitimacy to a legally debunked idea the same lawmakers have been trying stomp out for months: decertifying Wisconsin's electoral votes cast for President Joe Biden more than a year ago."
"When drawing up the state’s new legislative maps, the Wisconsin Supreme Court says it will make as few changes possible to what’s in place now. We look at how justices might approach that task and what it could mean for policy decisions over the next 10 years."
"Following the once-in-a-decade effort that is the U.S. census, states across the country redraw their voting maps to reflect shifts in population. In Wisconsin, the 2021 redistricting process has turned into a political brawl — one that has landed in the courts. But which court will settle the lawsuit? Will it be the Wisconsin Supreme Court or a federal three-judge panel assembled by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals? It’s not fully clear, but here’s what we know."
"Republicans in Wisconsin are engaging in a multi-pronged attack on the state’s bipartisan election commission – in one of the latest efforts to relitigate the 2020 election in a key presidential battleground state."
"Wisconsin will get new maps, but just how they come to be may not be straightforward. Courts will almost certainly be involved, but which court and when are still open questions. Theoretically there are a few different ways redistricting can work, and some are more likely than others in Wisconsin."
"Robert Yablon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor, noted during his own testimony that in 2016, a federal three-judge panel deemed the maps unconstitutional. When that ruling was appealed to the United States Supreme Court, he noted, the case was dismissed on a technicality, not on the merits, challenging the speaker’s assertion that the maps were a constitutional foundation to build from."
"We look at new maps for legislative districts Wisconsin Republicans released Wednesday, how they may or may not differ from existing maps, and their future with Governor Evers and the justice system."
"Earlier this month, after the Wisconsin Supreme Court last month made the unprecedented decision to take original jurisdiction over the case brought by WILL, the federal three-judge panel paused its case until at least Nov. 5. The state’s high court, if it wants to, does have 'first dibs on drawing the lines'” said Robert Yablon, a UW-Madison law professor and expert on federal courts."
"The Wisconsin Supreme Court set dates this week for all parties to submit the facts backing their arguments and to answer questions posed by the court; the dates span the next three weeks leading into early November when legislative Republicans have said they expect to vote on their proposed maps. In the likely event Democratic Gov. Tony Evers rejects those maps, UW-Madison Election Law Professor Rob Yablon said the state court appears posed to take the lead on drawing the lines should there be an impasse - something that would break recent precedent."