US Supreme Court Blocks New Wisconsin Voting Maps In Boost For Republicans
- MSN/The Guardian, March 23, 3022.
The US supreme court threw out Wisconsin’s new state legislative maps on Wednesday, in a ruling that boosts Republicans and takes aim again at one of the last remaining provisions to protect voting discrimination.
The ruling is the latest of many in recent years in which the US supreme court has been hostile to voting rights. In an unsigned ruling, the court took issue with the decision to add an additional Black-majority state assembly district in the Milwaukee area, raising the total in the map to seven. The Wisconsin supreme court picked the plan, drawn by Tony Evers, the state’s Democratic governor, earlier this month.
The state court had taken over the redistricting process after Evers and the GOP-controlled state legislature failed to agree on a plan. The Wisconsin legislature is heavily distorted in favor of Republicans and it is one of the most gerrymandered bodies in the country.
It is virtually impossible for Democrats to win a majority under the current lines. Last year, the state supreme court gave Republicans a boost when they announced they would pick a map that made the least change from the current ones. The court picked Evers’ map earlier this month from a range of submitted proposals, saying it complied with its directive to make the least possible change. It gave Democrats one of the best possible outcomes, even though Republicans still would hold their majority. State Republicans asked the US supreme court to step in anyway...
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