The battle lines are drawn
once again
over voting district lines
this time, Wisconsin
congressional districts.
Well, they certainly
favor Republicans.
Whether that's
constitutional or not
will be an issue
for the courts.
There are eight
districts in the state.
Six of them
are held by Republicans.
Two of the seats
held by Democrats.
And it's
been that way for a while.
That's one of the contentions
at least in one of the cases
is that it's been a durable
and predictable outcome.
The drawing of those maps
which really began in 2011
under Scott Walker
and Republicans
continued essentially
with a “least changed”
version of that
after the 2020 census
that it has locked in
a 6-2 majority.
So in that sense
it's certainly tilted
towards Republicans.
It's all partisanship
I would say at this point.
And that comes
also from the Supreme Court
which before
this latest
round of districting back in
2018-2019
dealt with a case
that ended up with the court
saying any level of partisan
shenanigans
in drawing districts
at least for Congress under
federal law
is completely fine.
That's not a matter of law
it's not a matter
of Constitution.
So it's noteworthy
that these two cases
in Wisconsin
are under state law
and state constitutions
going to the
state Supreme Court.
So the litigants have decided
to steer clear
of the federal courts
because there's
no longer a remedy there
at least when it's
about partisanship.