Following the swearing in of new Wisconsin state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz on Tuesday and with it the court’s ideological makeup flipping from a 4-3 MAGA majority to a 4-3 liberal one, a group of lefty Cheeseheads on Wednesday promptly filed a complaint seeking the drawing of new state-level legislative maps to undo the draconian gerrymanders that, for example, gave the GOP a 63 – 36 majority in the state Assembly in 2018 after Dems won the statewide popular vote 53 to 45 percent in that Blue Wave year which saw GOP Gov Scott Walker’s defeat.
“Wisconsin’s legislative districts are unconstitutional in numerous ways, ranging from an outright assault on Wisconsin voters in retaliation for how they vote. and what they believe, to the most basic violation of the Wisconsin Constitution’s express requirements for district configurations. The current districts are invalid, the representatives and senators elected from them unconstitutionally hold office, and this Court’s urgent action is required to ensure that not one more Wisconsin election is held using state legislative districts that brazenly flout the language of Wisconsin’s Constitution and the rights of its residents,” opens Clarke et al v Wisconsin Elections Commission et al.