The provision Democrats suspected was a GOP attempt to protect their top legislator was, in fact, something that nonpartisan legislative bill drafters put in the bill.
The maps approval marks a dramatic political shift in Wisconsin, where Republicans have had maps that experts say provided baked-in GOP advantages for over a decade.
The maps approval marks a dramatic political shift in Wisconsin, where Republicans have had maps that experts say provided baked-in GOP advantages for over a decade.
Instead of simply ordering new maps that keep districts in one piece, the court’s liberal majority dropped in the requirement for new maps not to favor one party over another.