The liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court handed a victory to Republicans on March 1 as it rejected a bid by Democrats to revisit the state's congressional maps.
The state Supreme Court's decision to not hear the challenge came after it ordered new legislative maps in December 2023, finding the Republican-drawn ones unconstitutional.
Mr. Evers signed the new legislative districts into law on Feb. 19 after Republicans folded in support to avoid the Supreme Court drawing up the new boundaries that could be even more unfavorable in the case of a stalemate, which happened last year in another legal case.
Earlier this year, Democrats had urged the court to solicit new congressional map proposals that "Comply with Wisconsin law" following a change approved by the state Supreme Court's new liberal majority.
In a separate order addressing their motion on March 1, Justice Protasiewicz explained that she declined to participate in the proceeding because she was not "a member of the court when it issued" a 2022 ruling on the state's congressional map at the heart of the matter that voters sought reconsideration.
"The request to redraw these maps was both procedurally improper and legally wrong, and we are glad the Court has declined the invitation to revisit this matter."
The 2022 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling, known as Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, favored the Republican-controlled Legislature's proposed congressional map, citing the now-defunct "Least change principle."
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