On Nov 18, 2021, Dem. Governor Tony Evers vetoed the congressional and state Senate and House maps passed by the Wisconsin legislature a week earlier. The State Supreme Court took jurisdiction and heard oral arguments on Jan 19, 2022. Listen to the argument below. Learn more about the case in the case library.
The court decided in November to take the approach of redrawing the maps as minimally as possible to comply with state and federal law as opposed to drawing districts from scratch. According to the Wisconsin Examiner, the justices “focused their questions on how to balance competing interests such as compliance with the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and maintaining municipal boundaries.”
Wisconsin State Supreme Court Oral Argument Audio: Redistricting Challenge PART I
mms://sc-media.wicourts.gov/sc-media/2021AP1450pt1.wma (note: you will need windows media player to open. audio starts at 2:50)
PART II
mms://sc-media.wicourts.gov/sc-media/2021AP1450pt2.wma
Find us on:
