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Republican lawmakers ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider redistricting ruling

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/01/02/republican-lawmakers-ask-wisconsin-supreme-court-to-reconsider-redistricting-ruling/

By: Henry Redman - January 2, 2024 3:20 pm



Wisconsin Republicans have asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to overturn the state’s legislative maps, saying lawmakers can’t draw new maps by the Court’s Jan. 12 deadline.

In a motion filed last week, the attorneys for Senate Republicans argued the lawmakers wouldn’t be able to hit the Jan. 12 deadline to produce new maps that follow the Court’s order that districts be contiguous.

“And now, announced the Friday before Christmas, the parties have been given 21 days — a third of them falling on weekends and state holidays — to submit proposed remedies, lengthy remedial briefs, and expert reports,” the Republican attorneys state in a filing. “The message is clear: The regular rules apply to Republicans. But here, Democrats get special solicitude.”

The Republicans also argue that the Court didn’t listen to their arguments, pre-decided the case and didn’t give them a chance to respond to the deadline for new maps.

On Dec. 22, the Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that Wisconsin’s current maps are unconstitutional because they include many districts that aren’t contiguous — a requirement under the state constitution. ....................
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