The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s legislative maps on Friday just months after liberals took a 4-3 advantage on the court.
In a 4-3 decision, the liberal justices said that the current maps violated the state’s constitution and needed to be redrawn. The decision was celebrated by Democrats, who have claimed that the legislative maps in the state were rigged, while Republicans said that the liberal justices had decided the case before it was brought.
“Given the language in the Constitution, the question before us is straightforward,” Judge Jill J. Karofsky wrote for the majority. “When legislative districts are composed of separate, detached parts, do they consist of ‘contiguous territory?’ We conclude that they do not.”
Conservative Judge Annette Ziegler said that the liberals on the court had taken a “wrecking ball” to the state constitution.
