The case will likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court and could impact on partisan redistricting nationally
With the 2016 election, Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Wisconsin in nearly 30 years and Republicans took control of nearly two-thirds of the Legislature, including their largest majority in the Assembly since 1957, despite a roughly even split of votes between Democrats and Republicans in statewide races.
But now a federal court may undo the redistricting that aided Republican gains in recent years with one ruling.
On Monday, a federal court overturned Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn legislative maps as an “unconstitutional gerrymander” that likely played a major factor in the party’s disproportionate electoral success.
Continue reading: “Unconstitutional gerrymander”: Federal court strikes down Wisconsin’s GOP-drawn redistricting
Let’s hope if this goes to the SCOTUS, that it gets there before tRump puts to many of his his cronies on the court. Otherwise, this is pretty good news.
That may be a forlorn hope, my friend.
At least there’s some sanity in this country.