MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered that a pair of three-judge panels hear two lawsuits that argue the battleground state’s congressional maps must be redrawn because they unconstitutionally favor Republicans.
Conservative justices blasted the Tuesday rulings ordering the creation of the three-judge panels as unimaginable political maneuvering designed to benefit Democrats.
The court battle in Wisconsin is playing out amid a national redistricting battle as President Donald Trump is trying to preserve a slim Republican majority in the House in next year’s elections. Republicans currently hold six of Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts.