Supreme Court upends Wisconsin’s redistricting map after GOP challenge
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(Worthy News) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck a blow to Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ redistricting map, sending the case over Wisconsin’s new district lines back to the state’s highest court for review.
The challenge came from Republican lawmakers, who argued the governor drew the map in an unconstitutional manner.
State lawmakers — along with the governor — had proposed new redistricting maps following the U.S. Census to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, but the court adopted the governor’s plan, which had one extra majority-Black district. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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