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SCOWIS Redistricting Case Advances, WILL Files Briefs
The legal arguments over redistricting in Wisconsin are once again flowing.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Wednesday said it has filed its briefs in the case that could see the Wisconsin Supreme Court redraw the state’s congressional map.
WILL has filed “motions to intervene” in the two lawsuits that are looking to change the maps. One case says the congressional map is unfairly drawn. The other says the congressional map is too favorable for Republicans.
WILL’s Lucas Vebber said not only has Wisconsin’s map already passed constitutional muster and previous court challenges, the move to redraw the map is being rushed.
“Revisiting congressional lines this way, less than a year before the election, sows irreparable distrust in our country’s political process,” Vebber said in a statement. “We intervened on behalf of several Wisconsin voters to argue that overturning the current maps in this manner and imposing new ones would violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.”
WILL has previously been involved in Wisconsin’s redistricting fights in both 2020 and 2022.
“In 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted new congressional maps drawn by Governor Tony Evers to correct population changes that occurred over the previous decade. This should have been the end to the legal and political posturing until the 2030 census,” WILL added. “But various groups have repeatedly tried to challenge the congressional maps using a variety of legal theories.”
Last week the liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court appointed two three-judge panels to review the maps, and the legal filings.
The liberal law firm that is driving the case has indicated it wants a hearing on the cases as soon as December 15th.
Whatever happens with the maps, it will need to happen quickly. Candidates who will run for Congress next year need to have their campaign paperwork finalized and turned-in by April.
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