Wisconsin Supreme Court says 3-judge panels must decide US House redistricting cases
Source: WIZM La Crosse, WI/AP
Published 1 minute ago on November 26, 2025
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a pair of three-judge panels to hear two lawsuits that argue the battleground state’s U.S. House maps must be redrawn because they unconstitutionally favor Republicans.
Two of the court’s minority conservative justices blasted the creation of the three-judge panels as unimaginable political maneuvering designed to benefit Democrats. The process for getting the panel, however, was created by Republicans 14 years ago — it’s just never been used. It’s unclear whether new districts could be ordered in time for the 2026 midterms as some Democrats want.
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. Both of the pending redistricting cases in Wisconsin argue that the state’s U.S. House maps, first adopted in 2011, are an unconstitutional gerrymander favoring Republicans. Six of the state’s eight districts are currently held by Republicans.
Law firms that brought the pending cases in Wisconsin had argued over objections from Republicans that the cases should be heard by three-judge panels as required under a 2011 law passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature and signed by then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican. Any decisions of those panels can be appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is controlled 4-3 by progressive justices.
Read more: https://www.wizmnews.com/2025/11/26/wisconsin-supreme-court-says-3-judge-panels-must-decide-us-house-redistricting-cases/
GOP whining about a law THEY put in place!
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